River Bend data center groundbreaking
Company: Hut 8 - Project: River Bend
The claim, verbatim
Hut 8 held a groundbreaking event for its River Bend data center in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, on October 5, 2026.
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: “Gov. Jeff Landry joined Hut 8 executives and Donald Trump Jr. — son of President Donald Trump — on Monday at a groundbreaking event for the company's $10 billion River Bend data center in West Feliciana Parish.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 15, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article describes the groundbreaking event, and its photo captions date it to Monday, October 5, 2026.
Confirmed in the source:
- Hut 8 held a groundbreaking event for its River Bend data center
- The River Bend data center is in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
- The groundbreaking took place on Monday, October 5, 2026
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: “Gov. Jeff Landry joined Hut 8 executives and Donald Trump Jr. — son of President Donald Trump — on Monday at a groundbreaking event for the company's $10 billion River Bend data center in West Feliciana Parish.”
confirms Hut 8 donated to Gov. Landry's PAC months before Louisiana data center groundbreaking - WWNO
Quote: “at the groundbreaking event for Hut 8's River Bend data center in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, on Monday, October 5, 2026”