River Bend

Project of Hut 8

Kind

datacenter

Location

Louisiana

County

West Feliciana

State/region

LA

Country

US

Status

under construction as of October 16, 2026

Where it stands

Hut 8 held a groundbreaking for its $10 billion River Bend data center in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, on October 5, 2026. WBRZ reported on October 16 that construction is underway and is expected to finish by the end of 2027. The campus is reported as fully leased to an investment-grade tenant. None of the passages give MW figures. One photo caption calls the site 'West Bend', but the passage refers to the same River Bend groundbreaking.

Assessed October 18, 2026 from the newest filings, releases and reporting that name this project (newest relied on: October 16, 2026).

Capacity

What has actually been delivered, against what has been promised. Each figure links to the statement it came from.

Who has claimed this site

Capacity commitments in the order they were announced. A commitment that ended shows why.

Claims about this project

Site intelligence

River Bend Nuclear Generating Station

High

West Feliciana, LA

30.7555, -91.3322

Approximate address QM49+54 Saint Francisville, LA, USA Reverse-geocoded from the candidate centroid; not a permit-confirmed parcel address.

Conclusion so far Operating: the site is lit at night like a running facility. · confidence 90%

Running: night-time lights at the site ran 4.88x the surrounding area (3 of 4 clear nights, 2026-09-22 to 2026-10-03); surface temperature +6.3 K against its surroundings (4 pass(es), 2026-09-16 to 2026-10-15). Based on 21 clear observation(s) from 2026-06-21 to 2026-10-19.

What would change this: Lights going dark over several clear nights.

Latest clear imagery: Google 2026-10-18 · Sentinel-2 2026-10-16 · ECOSTRESS thermal 2026-10-15 · radar 2026-10-14 · Landsat 2026-10-10 · night lights 2026-10-03 · NAIP 2023-05-02

Newest clear images84 clear image date(s)

How we located this site

60/100 (high): footprint location 40 + 1 independent source family 10 + OSM feature named for the project 10

1. Starting point (the project's stated locality) 2026-10-19
   Louisiana → 30.51908, -91.52086 (region)
2. Located from a published address 2026-10-19
   River Bend Spent Fuel Storage → 30.75594, -91.33204 (footprint), 31.9 km from seed
3. Located from a published address 2026-10-19
   River Bend Nuclear Generating Station → 30.75504, -91.33231 (footprint), 31.8 km from seed
4. Located from a published address 2026-10-19
   River Bend Nuclear Generating Station → 30.75786, -91.33092 (street), 32.2 km from seed
5. OpenStreetMap features nearby 2026-10-19
   2 named match(es)

Recent changes

• 2025-06-25 vs 2025-05-24: vegetation recovery visible

Satellite imagery on this page is drawn from the Google Earth satellite basemap, USDA NAIP aerial photography (~1 m/pixel), ESA Sentinel-2 multispectral (10 m, with per-date cloud masks), NASA / USGS Landsat 8/9 (30 m, plus surface temperature), ESA Sentinel-1 radar (all-weather, night), NASA ECOSTRESS thermal (~70 m), and NASA Black Marble night lights (500 m, daily). Each image is dated, labelled by source and pixel resolution, and downloadable at its native size; cloudy dates are kept and marked rather than hidden. New scenes are pulled daily as each provider publishes them.