River Bend first-phase investment
Company: Hut 8
The claim, verbatim
The River Bend data center's first phase will bring up to $10 billion in investment.
Source (primary)
Hut 8 donated to Gov. Landry's PAC months before Louisiana data center groundbreaking - KRVS Radio Acadie (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Landry said the project's first phase will bring up to $10 billion in investment”
How we checked this
Checked on October 15, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article reports that Landry said the project's first phase will bring up to $10 billion in investment.
Confirmed in the source:
- The River Bend data center's first phase will bring up to $10 billion in investment, according to Gov. Landry
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.krvs.org/louisiana-news/2026-10-13/hut-8-donated-to-gov-landrys-pac-months-before-louisiana-data-center-groundbreaking) in full (13,335 characters, retrieved October 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Hut 8 donated to Gov. Landry's PAC months before Louisiana data center groundbreaking - KRVS Radio Acadie
Quote: “Landry said the project's first phase will bring up to $10 billion in investment”
confirms Hut 8 donated to Gov. Landry's PAC months before Louisiana data center groundbreaking - WWNO
Quote: “Landry said the project's first phase will bring up to $10 billion in investment”