Parish PILOT agreement negotiated without NDA
Company: Hut 8
The claim, verbatim
Hut 8 said its local agreements were negotiated directly with West Feliciana Parish, without an NDA, through established public processes, including a PILOT agreement.
Source (primary)
Hut 8 donated to Gov. Landry's PAC months before Louisiana data center groundbreaking - WWNO (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Hut 8 said in its statement that its local agreements were negotiated directly with the parish, without an NDA, through established public processes.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 16, 2026. The cited source supports part of this claim, but not all of it.
Hut 8's statement about negotiating without an NDA through public processes is reported, but the PILOT agreement is described by Parish President Kenny Havard, not attributed to Hut 8's statement.
Confirmed in the source:
- Hut 8 said its local agreements were negotiated directly with West Feliciana Parish
- Hut 8 said those agreements were made without an NDA
- Hut 8 said those agreements went through established public processes
- West Feliciana Parish negotiated a PILOT agreement in public meetings, according to Parish President Kenny Havard
We could not confirm this from the cited source:
- Hut 8's statement specifically included the PILOT agreement among its local agreements negotiated without an NDA
That does not mean it is false — only that this source does not establish it, as of the date above. If we find a source that settles it, we will re-check and update this page.
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.wwno.org/economy/2026-10-13/hut-8-donated-to-gov-landrys-pac-months-before-louisiana-data-center-groundbreaking) in full (13,382 characters, retrieved October 14, 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 - WWNO
Quote: “Hut 8 said in its statement that its local agreements were negotiated directly with the parish, without an NDA, through established public processes.”