Hut 8 River Bend
Hut 8's $10 billion AI data center campus in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, powered by Entergy. Its first 245 MW of IT capacity is leased to Fluidstack for 15 years (about $7 billion), part of a wider Fluidstack and Anthropic partnership. Jacobs holds the design-build agreement; operations are expected in Q2 2027 with about 1,000 construction workers at peak.
Key facts
- Capacity
- 245 MW
- Estimated cost
- $10,000,000,000
- Building size
- Not available
- Construction start
- Not available
- Expected completion
- Q2 2027Operations begin
- Last verified
- Not yet re-verified
Companies and roles
- Developer
- Tenant
- General contractor
- Jacobs — listed as “Jacobs Project Management Co.”
- Subcontractor
Unions
No union agreement was found in the sources reviewed. This does not mean the site is non-union.
Locals with jurisdiction over this site
Local with jurisdiction over this site (not confirmed on the job)
- Electricians
- Plumbers & pipefitters
- Ironworkers
- Sheet metal & HVAC
- Operating engineers (heavy equipment)
- Insulators
- Painters
- Roofers
Prevailing wages (government minimums)
Minimum hourly pay the U.S. Department of Labor sets for federally funded building work in West Feliciana Parish, by trade. It is a floor, not what this project pays: data center jobs often pay above scale, and non-union survey rates can be many years old.
| Trade | Wage /hr | Overtime 1.5× | Double time 2× | Benefits /hr | Total comp /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ElectriciansUnion rate · IBEW Local 995 · effective Jan 1, 2025ELECTRICIANOvertime 1.5× $44.21 · Double time 2× $58.94 · Benefits /hr $13.50 | $29.47 | $44.21 | $58.94 | $13.50 | $42.97 |
| Plumbers & pipefittersUnion rate · Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 60 · effective Jun 2, 2025PIPEFITTEROvertime 1.5× $52.31 · Double time 2× $69.74 · Benefits /hr $17.79 | $34.87 | $52.31 | $69.74 | $17.79 | $52.66 |
| Plumbers & pipefittersUnion rate · Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 198 · effective Dec 8, 2022PLUMBEROvertime 1.5× $48.63 · Double time 2× $64.84 · Benefits /hr $16.50 | $32.42 | $48.63 | $64.84 | $16.50 | $48.92 |
| IronworkersUnion rate · Iron Workers Local 623 · effective Jul 1, 2025IRONWORKER, STRUCTURALOvertime 1.5× $52.13 · Double time 2× $69.50 · Benefits /hr $13.86 | $34.75 | $52.13 | $69.50 | $13.86 | $48.61 |
| Sheet metal & HVACUnion rate · Sheet Metal Workers Local 214 · effective Jan 1, 2024SHEET METAL WORKER (INCLUDING HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION)Overtime 1.5× $45.57 · Double time 2× $60.76 · Benefits /hr $14.20 | $30.38 | $45.57 | $60.76 | $14.20 | $44.58 |
| LaborersNon-union survey rate · effective Sep 22, 2014 · old rateLABORER: COMMON OR GENERALOvertime 1.5× $19.65 · Double time 2× $26.20 · Benefits /hr $0.00 | $13.10 | $19.65 | $26.20 | $0.00 | $13.10 |
| Operating engineers (heavy equipment)Non-union survey rate · effective Sep 22, 2014 · old rateOPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOEOvertime 1.5× $28.61 · Double time 2× $38.14 · Benefits /hr $0.00 | $19.07 | $28.61 | $38.14 | $0.00 | $19.07 |
| CarpentersNon-union survey rate · effective Sep 22, 2014 · old rateCARPENTEROvertime 1.5× $27.39 · Double time 2× $36.52 · Benefits /hr $0.00 | $18.26 | $27.39 | $36.52 | $0.00 | $18.26 |
| InsulatorsUnion rate · Heat and Frost Insulators Local 53 · effective Sep 2, 2024ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOROvertime 1.5× $48.99 · Double time 2× $65.32 · Benefits /hr $9.86 | $32.66 | $48.99 | $65.32 | $9.86 | $42.52 |
| PaintersUnion rate · Painters Local 1244 · effective Dec 1, 2021PAINTER (SPRAY)Overtime 1.5× $28.25 · Double time 2× $37.66 · Benefits /hr $9.48 | $18.83 | $28.25 | $37.66 | $9.48 | $28.31 |
| BricklayersNon-union survey rate · effective Sep 22, 2014 · old rateBRICKLAYEROvertime 1.5× $30.00 · Double time 2× $40.00 · Benefits /hr $0.00 | $20.00 | $30.00 | $40.00 | $0.00 | $20.00 |
| Plasterers & cement masonsNon-union survey rate · effective Sep 22, 2014 · old rateCEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHEROvertime 1.5× $24.36 · Double time 2× $32.48 · Benefits /hr $2.56 | $16.24 | $24.36 | $32.48 | $2.56 | $18.80 |
| RoofersUnion rate · Roofers Local 317 · effective Dec 1, 2022ROOFEROvertime 1.5× $34.56 · Double time 2× $46.08 · Benefits /hr $9.34 | $23.04 | $34.56 | $46.08 | $9.34 | $32.38 |
| Teamsters (drivers)Non-union survey rate · effective Sep 22, 2014 · old rateTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCKOvertime 1.5× $25.89 · Double time 2× $34.52 · Benefits /hr $0.00 | $17.26 | $25.89 | $34.52 | $0.00 | $17.26 |
- Wage:
- the hourly pay in the worker's paycheck, before taxes, at straight time.
- Overtime and double time:
- the wage × 1.5 and × 2. Federal contracts require time and a half after 40 hours a week; when double time applies (for example Sundays, holidays or after 10–12 hours) is set by each union contract.
- Benefits:
- paid by the employer on top of the wage into the worker's health insurance, pension and annuity, and apprenticeship training funds (sometimes vacation and holiday pay). Not in the paycheck.
- Total comp:
- wage + benefits for one straight-time hour.
Journeyman rates only; shift premiums and per diem are not included. Source: Davis-Bacon general wage determinations on SAM.gov.
Apprentices: rates above are for journeymen. Apprentices are usually paid a percentage of the journeyman rate, typically starting around 40–60% and rising about 10 percentage points every 6 months to a year until they reach the full rate. Exact steps vary by trade and local.
- U.S. Department of Labor wage determination LA20260050 (SAM.gov) (opens in a new tab)sam.gov · Government filing
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from these public sources:
- Hut 8 (opens in a new tab)hut8.com · Company
- King & Spalding (opens in a new tab)kslaw.com · Other
- Entergy (opens in a new tab)entergy.com · Company
- IBEW inside jurisdiction map (LA) (opens in a new tab)ibew.org · Other
- U.S. Department of Labor wage determination LA20260050 (SAM.gov) (opens in a new tab)sam.gov · Government filing
- T&D World (opens in a new tab)tdworld.com · News
- 1012 Industry Report (opens in a new tab)1012industryreport.com · News
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