AWS rent commencement
Company: Cipher Mining
What the later record shows
Delivered on time · happened August 3, 2026
The August 3, 2026 release states that rent has commenced at the Black Pearl site after first capacity was delivered in August. This meets the August 2026 target, even though rent start had earlier been guided to October 2026.
“We are proud to have delivered our first HPC data center capacity ahead of schedule and announce that rent has commenced at the site”
2026-08-03 · cipher-mining 8-K exhibit (q226_earningsxprxdraftxvf.htm) View cached copy (2026-09-02)Live source ↗
“First data center capacity was delivered in August, and rent has commenced at the site”
2026-08-03 · cipher-mining 8-K exhibit (cipherdigital_businessup.htm) View cached copy (2026-09-02)Live source ↗
Checked October 10, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
Rent for AWS capacity will commence in August 2026.
Source (primary)
cipher-mining 8-K exhibit (nov3_earningspressreleasex.htm) (SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex), press_release)
View cached copy (2026-09-27)Live source ↗
Quote: “with rent commencing in August 2026”
How we checked this
Checked on October 12, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The press release states that, under the 15-year AWS lease, capacity delivery is expected to begin in July 2026 'with rent commencing in August 2026.' This is a forward-looking expectation as of November 2025.
Confirmed in the source:
- Cipher Mining's lease with Amazon Web Services provides capacity for AI workloads
- Rent under the AWS lease is scheduled to commence in August 2026
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex) (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819989/000181998925000110/nov3_earningspressreleasex.htm) in full (17,639 characters, retrieved September 27, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms cipher-mining 8-K exhibit (nov3_earningspressreleasex.htm)
Quote: “with rent commencing in August 2026”
confirms cipher-mining 8-K exhibit (q226_earningsxprxdraftxvf.htm)
Quote: “We are proud to have delivered our first HPC data center capacity ahead of schedule and announce that rent has commenced at the site”
confirms cipher-mining 8-K exhibit (cipherdigital_businessup.htm)
Quote: “First data center capacity was delivered in August, and rent has commenced at the site”