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Hut 8 has signed an agreement with West Feliciana Parish for water improvements to support a $10 billion data center. The developer will construct a water well, 8 miles of water main, and fire hydrants, funding the project and donating the infrastructure to the parish upon completion.

The River Bend data center will utilize a closed-loop cooling system, requiring 330 megawatts of power, more than the 205 megawatts of Hut 8's Texas facility. The data center will use 2 million to 2.6 million gallons of water for initial operations. Construction on the well is set to start next week, with two buildings of 450,000 square feet to be completed by the end of the year.