---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950142-26-000532"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MARA"
cik: "0001507605"
company_name: "MARA Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T23:32:31.004083+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.78
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MARA partners with Starwood to develop 1 GW+ AI/hyperscale data centers on mining sites

## Summary
- Near-term IT capacity target of ~1 GW, with pathway to >2.5 GW.
- MARA contributes energy-rich mining sites; Starwood leads design, development, tenant sourcing.
- Facilities will support both Bitcoin mining and AI compute, allowing workload toggling.
- MARA retains mining rights or compensation if sites are contributed to JV or sold.
- Partnership expected to accelerate MARA's expansion into high-performance computing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950142-26-000532
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MARA
- cik: 0001507605
- company_name: MARA Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.78
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1507605/000095014226000532/0000950142-26-000532-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1507605/000095014226000532/eh260744046_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-26-000532
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-26-000532.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-26-000532.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  MARA Holdings, Inc. entered into Strategic Agreement with Starwood Capital Group Global III, L.P. (effective 2026-02-26).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: Starwood Capital Group Global III, L.P.
  - Effective: 2026-02-26
  source text: On February 26, 2026, MARA USA Corporation (the “Company”), a wholly owned subsidiary of MARA Holdings, Inc. (“MARA”), entered into a Strategic Agreement (the “Strategic Agreement”) with Starwood Capital Group Global III, L.P. (“Starwood”) pursuant to which the Company and Starwood have agreed to, amongst other things, develop, lease and market a specified list of the Company’s existing bitcoin mining data centers
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1507605/000095014226000532/0000950142-26-000532-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.