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.
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.
This approach is intended to support the early commissioning process and increase operational readiness for AI workload deployment.
The initial operations and commissioning of the Texas data centre are scheduled to commence in 2027.
Hut 8 has secured an interconnection agreement covering the campus’s full utility capacity, with the possibility of expanding the facility as requirements for high-performance computing services grow.
Jacobs’ continued involvement with Hut 8 reflects the company’s broader participation in delivering infrastructure projects for technology providers involved in data centres, semiconductors and advanced manufacturing.
Jacobs chair and chief executive officer Bob Pragada said: “This follow-on award underscores Hut 8’s confidence in Jacobs’ ability to deliver complex AI Infrastructure with speed, safety and certainty.
“By combining our EPCM leadership with advanced digital twin technology, we are setting the benchmark for AI infrastructure deployment, optimisation and resiliency.”
At the Louisiana River Bend campus, Jacobs is overseeing an EPCM contract for a facility leased for over 15 years, featuring 245MW of IT capacity as part of a wider planned development.
The first phase of the River Bend project is expected to be completed and ready for use in the first quarter of 2027, with subsequent expansions scheduled to follow later in the same year.
Jacobs delivers a range of services across sectors such as energy, transportation, and life sciences and reports annual revenue of around $12bn with a workforce of approximately 47,000 people.
Last month, the Illinois Department of Transportation selected Jacobs to deliver two projects aimed at upgrading the I-290 Eisenhower Expressway corridor, an important route in the Chicago area transport system.
