Advancing high-performance computing infrastructure in North America
Jacobs has been selected by Hut 8, an energy infrastructure platform, to deliver Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) services for its River Bend data center in Louisiana.
The data center is leased under a 15-year, $7.0 billion lease for 245 megawatts of IT capacity and anchors a larger planned campus that is poised to become one of the largest AI and high-performance computing developments in North America. The region’s power dense utility infrastructure enables reliable, high-quality delivery with the speed, flexibility and consistency required at this scale.
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Jacobs Chair and CEO Bob Pragada said: “Jacobs brings decades of excellence, delivering complex advanced facilities and critical infrastructure for some of the world’s largest data center, semiconductor and life sciences clients. Our collaboration with Hut 8 reflects a shared commitment to setting a new benchmark for AI infrastructure – with safety, quality and disciplined delivery at the forefront.”
Hut 8 CEO Asher Genoot said: “Execution discipline is critical at the scale and complexity of River Bend. We believe Jacobs brings the experience and rigor required to deliver complex infrastructure on schedule and to the highest standards of quality and safety. Their role as EPCM partner reinforces a partnership-driven execution model designed to de-risk delivery and establish a repeatable framework as we scale across our broader development pipeline.”
The initial data hall at River Bend is scheduled for completion and commissioning in Q1 2027, with additional data halls scheduled to come online over the balance of 2027.
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Jacobs delivers high value, advanced manufacturing for data centers, semiconductors and life sciences – including the recent $3.2B end-to-end cell culture facility, the largest of its kind in North America. This award further expands our data center portfolio where we’re providing EPCM services for a confidential high performance computing facility in the Southeastern U.S., delivering quantum computing programs for PsiQuantum in Chicago and Brisbane, and advancing AI ready infrastructure through NVIDIA’s Omniverse Blueprint for AI factory digital twins. At Start Campus’s SINES DC Campus in Portugal, we are delivering a 1.2-gigawatt AI scale data center powered entirely by renewable energy and cooled with a zero-water system, underscoring Jacobs’ ability to support the next generation of sustainable, high density compute environments.
At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow – delivering outcomes and solutions for the world’s most complex challenges. With approximately $12 billion in annual revenue and a talent force of almost 43,000, we provide end-to-end services in advanced manufacturing, cities & places, energy, environmental, life sciences, transportation and water. From advisory and consulting, feasibility, planning, design, program and lifecycle management, we’re creating a more connected and sustainable world.