River Bend behind-the-meter buildout
Company: Hut 8 - Project: River Bend
The claim, verbatim
Hut 8 targeting behind-the-meter buildout at River Bend in Louisiana in 2028, utilizing approximately 1 GW bridge power until front-of-the-meter capacity available
Source (primary)
Hut 8 says Beacon Point may be among 23 Texas projects cleared for review: Needham - Yahoo Finance (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Needham said Hut 8 is targeting a behind-the-meter buildout in 2028, using roughly 1 GW of bridge power until front-of-the-meter capacity becomes available.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 19, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document states the River Bend Louisiana 2028 behind-the-meter plan and ~1 GW bridge power.
Confirmed in the source:
- Hut 8 is targeting a behind-the-meter buildout at River Bend in Louisiana in 2028
- The buildout uses roughly 1 GW of bridge power until front-of-the-meter capacity is available
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/hut-8-says-beacon-point-132234125.html) in full (9,794 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Hut 8 says Beacon Point may be among 23 Texas projects cleared for review: Needham - Yahoo Finance
Quote: “Needham said Hut 8 is targeting a behind-the-meter buildout in 2028, using roughly 1 GW of bridge power until front-of-the-meter capacity becomes available.”