River Bend job creation
Company: Hut 8 - Project: River Bend
The claim, verbatim
The first phase is expected to create about 1,000 construction jobs and 268 permanent jobs; Hut 8 said its originally announced 265-job estimate included both direct and indirect employment.
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: “Hut 8 said the originally announced 265-job estimate included both direct and indirect employment.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 15, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article reports Landry's job figures and Hut 8's explanation of the earlier 265-job estimate.
Confirmed in the source:
- The first phase is expected to create about 1,000 construction jobs (as stated by Gov. Landry)
- The first phase is expected to create 268 permanent jobs (as stated by Gov. Landry)
- Hut 8 said its originally announced 265-job estimate included both direct and indirect employment
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: “Hut 8 said the originally announced 265-job estimate included both direct and indirect employment.”