Acquisition of Long Ridge Energy & Power
Company: Marathon Digital
The claim, verbatim
In February 2026 MARA, partnering with Starwood Capital Group, agreed to acquire Long Ridge Energy & Power, an Ohio natural gas plant and data center campus, for $1.5 billion.
Source (primary)
MARA Moves $81 Million in Bitcoin to Galaxy Digital, Sparking Sale Speculation - BigGo Finance (-, news_article)
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Quote: “In February, MARA partnered with Starwood Capital Group and agreed to acquire Long Ridge Energy & Power, an Ohio natural gas plant and data center campus with 505 megawatts of expected capacity, for $1.5 billion.”
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Checked on October 15, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
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Confirmed in the source:
- In February 2026, MARA partnered with Starwood Capital Group
- MARA agreed to acquire Long Ridge Energy & Power
- Long Ridge is an Ohio natural gas plant and data center campus
- The acquisition price was $1.5 billion
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://finance.biggo.com/news/5e9a64d8-1915-48d7-a842-834bf3840549) in full (6,955 characters, retrieved October 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms MARA Moves $81 Million in Bitcoin to Galaxy Digital, Sparking Sale Speculation - BigGo Finance
Quote: “In February, MARA partnered with Starwood Capital Group and agreed to acquire Long Ridge Energy & Power, an Ohio natural gas plant and data center campus with 505 megawatts of expected capacity, for $1.5 billion.”