{"id":33737,"date":"2025-12-24T23:18:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T07:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/jacobs-starts-10b-louisiana-data-center\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T23:18:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T07:18:22","slug":"jacobs-starts-10b-louisiana-data-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/jacobs-starts-10b-louisiana-data-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacobs starts $10B Louisiana data center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?500116090725\" alt=\"-\"><br \/>\n        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">2 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/text-to-speech.divecdn.com\/newspost\/808553\/2025-12-22_15.29.14\/jacobs-louisiana-data-center-hut8.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>An energy infrastructure provider is moving forward with a multibillion-dollar data center project in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, marking another megaproject win for the Bayou State.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Hut 8, a Miami-based company, reported the first phase of construction is underway on its River Bend data center campus, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opportunitylouisiana.gov\/news\/hut-8-selects-southeast-louisiana-as-site-of-10-billion-artificial-intelligence-data-center\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>valued at approximately $10 billion<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, according to a news release. The energy infrastructure company said it expects the facility to begin operations in the second quarter of 2027.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Dallas-based Jacobs will serve as the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hut8.com\/news-insights\/press-releases\/hut-8-signs-15-year-245-mw-ai-data-center-lease-at-river-bend-campus\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>engineering, procurement and construction management partner<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> for the project, in collaboration with Vertiv, a Westerville, Ohio-based critical digital infrastructure provider, according to a separate Hut 8 news release. J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs will serve as loan underwriters on project-level financing expected to cover up to 85% of total costs.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The win adds to Jacobs\u2019 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/jacobs-data-centers-third-quarter-earnings-2025\/806156\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>growing data center portfolio<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, which CEO Bob Pragada said has jumped fivefold during the company\u2019s latest fiscal fourth quarter earnings call.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cJacobs brings decades of global expertise in delivering complex infrastructure for advanced facilities to some of the most discerning clients in the world,\u201d Pragada said in the Hut 8 release. \u201cOur collaboration with Hut 8 reflects the shared discipline and ambition needed to deliver a project we believe will become the benchmark for AI infrastructure.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Hut 8 has secured an initial 330 megawatts of utility capacity for the campus from Entergy Louisiana, with the potential to scale by up to an additional 1,000 megawatts of utility capacity. At that magnitude, the project would rank among the largest data center campuses globally and among the largest private capital projects in Louisiana history, according to Hut 8.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Hut 8 project adds to a growing pipeline of hyperscale data center construction activity in Louisiana. For example, around this time last year, Meta tapped New York City-based Turner Construction, Redwood City, California-based DPR and Minneapolis-based Mortenson to build a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/meta-data-center-louisiana-turner-dpr-mortenson\/734640\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$10 billion data center<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in Richland Parish near Monroe, Louisiana.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cLouisiana continues to win,\u201d Gov. Jeff Landry said in the release. \u201cHut 8\u2019s investment in River Bend builds on our track record of attracting global-scale projects in the industries of the future.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>At peak construction activity, Hut 8 expects about 1,000 construction workers onsite, according to the release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/jacobs-louisiana-data-center-hut8\/808553\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. 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