Additional Louisiana campuses planned
Company: Hut 8
The claim, verbatim
CEO Asher Genoot said Hut 8 sees River Bend as its first campus in Louisiana and plans to build more.
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: “Genoot said the company sees River Bend as "the first" campus in Louisiana, with plans to build more.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 15, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article reports that Genoot called River Bend 'the first' Louisiana campus and said the company plans to build more.
Confirmed in the source:
- Hut 8 CEO Asher Genoot said the company sees River Bend as its first campus in Louisiana
- Genoot said Hut 8 plans to build more campuses in Louisiana
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: “Genoot said the company sees River Bend as "the first" campus in Louisiana, with plans to build more.”