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Hut 8 signs 15-year, $7.0B AI data center lease at River Bend; Google backstop, 245 MW
Hut 8 Corp.
- Total contract value $7.0B over 15-year base term, up to $17.7B with all renewal options.
- Google (Alphabet) provides financial backstop covering lease payments for the 15-year base term.
- Project-level financing up to 85% loan-to-cost from J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs.
- Initial data hall completion and commissioning scheduled Q2 2027; additional halls in 2027.
- Blue-chip execution partners: Entergy, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Vertiv, Jacobs.