— residents. — sq mi. Population center: St. Francisville. As of May 2026 the parish hosts 1 tracked AI infrastructure project under Entergy Louisiana.
Source-backed rows on this hub: Hut 8 River Bend AI Data Center Campus (Under construction — Phase I lease signed and water infrastructure committed). The utility of record is Entergy Louisiana. Capex, megawatts, jobs, and permit outcomes stay on the named campus pages; this parish page does not invent a local total from those rows.
St. Francisville is the parish seat. Hut 8's official River Bend page names St. Francisville, LA. That campus is Hut 8's AI data center, not Entergy's River Bend Nuclear Station. Canonical profile: /data-centers/hut-8-river-bend.
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Under construction. 330 MW utility capacity; $16M parish water works announced May 2026.
Phase II rezoning deferred; updated applications expected Dec. 2026; P&Z hearing Jan. 4, 2027. The Advocate reports the West Feliciana Planning and Zoning Commission again deferred Phase II of Hut 8's River Bend campus over proximity to the Star Hill neighborhood. Hut 8 senior director of public affairs Hailey Miller said the company will submit updated site plan and rezoning applications in December 2026 for Planning and Zoning consideration in January 2027. A P&Z public hearing is scheduled Jan. 4, 2027; after the commission recommends approval or denial, the Parish Council decides. Original Phase II plans covered about 180 acres and two buildings of about 568,000 square feet each.
West Feliciana Parish profile (seat: St. Francisville) →Operations: Not in the public record — No operator-published permanent-job count; parish officials have publicly framed 'several hundred' permanent roles without a binding figure.. Construction: Not in the public record — Hut 8 has not published a construction-job count for River Bend.. Training: No project-specific training commitment is in the public record
Parish jobs topic →Hut 8 · St. Francisville, LA
Hut 8 careers (Greenhouse job board API) →Hut 8 · St. Francisville, LA
Hut 8 careers (Greenhouse job board API) →Hut 8 · St. Francisville, LA
Hut 8 careers (Greenhouse job board API) →Region hub: Baton Rouge Metro. Other parishes in the Capital region:
LouisianAI currently tracks 1 announced or under-construction AI data center project in West Feliciana Parish: Hut 8 River Bend AI Data Center Campus.
Entergy Louisiana is the utility of record for West Feliciana Parish. Project-specific generation and transmission costs are recovered from the data center customer under tariffs filed with the LPSC.
West Feliciana Parish sits in the Capital Region region, with parish seat in St. Francisville.
Hut 8 River Bend is the sourced St. Francisville data center. Hut 8's official River Bend page names St. Francisville, LA. It is not Entergy's River Bend nuclear station.