River Bend first-phase investment
Company: Hut 8 - Project: River Bend
The claim, verbatim
The River Bend project's first phase will bring up to $10 billion in investment, plus $60 million toward local water infrastructure.
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, about 1,000 construction jobs and 268 permanent jobs, plus $60 million toward local water infrastructure.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 15, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article reports both figures. They come from Gov. Landry's statement about the first phase.
Confirmed in the source:
- The River Bend project's first phase will bring up to $10 billion in investment (as stated by Gov. Landry)
- The first phase includes $60 million toward local water infrastructure (as stated by 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, about 1,000 construction jobs and 268 permanent jobs, plus $60 million toward local water infrastructure.”
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, about 1,000 construction jobs and 268 permanent jobs, plus $60 million toward local water infrastructure.”