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Jacobs secures EPCM contract for second Hut 8 AI data centre
Key takeaways
- The agreement follows Jacobs’ existing EPCM role at Hut 8’s River Bend campus in Louisiana.
- The new site, known as Beacon Point, is located in Nueces County and is structured for delivery in multiple phases, aiming to provide up to one gigawatt of total capacity.
- Under the contract, Jacobs will incorporate established design approaches from the Louisiana campus and use digital twin technology to simulate and manage the facility s critical systems.
Jacobs secures EPCM contract for second Hut 8 AI data centre Anwesha Pattanaik Wed, May 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM GMT+7 2 min read HUT Jacobs has secured a contract from Hut 8, an energy infrastructure company, to deliver engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for a new artificial intelligence (AI) data centre in Texas, US.
The agreement follows Jacobs’ existing EPCM role at Hut 8’s River Bend campus in Louisiana.
The new site, known as Beacon Point, is located in Nueces County and is structured for delivery in multiple phases, aiming to provide up to one gigawatt of total capacity.
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