Tenant reimbursement via project debt
Company: Riot - Project: Corsicana
The claim, verbatim
The remaining $4 million per MW will be reimbursed by the tenant in stages after each phase begins generating rent, expected to be financed through non-recourse project debt; if unavailable on comparable terms, the tenant funds directly and recovers via rent credits.
Source (primary)
Riot Platforms signs a 15 year data center lease in Texas - W.Media (-, news_article)
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Quote: “The reimbursements are expected to be financed through non-recourse project debt backed by contracted rental income.”
How we checked this
Checked on November 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article sets out the reimbursement amount, timing, expected debt financing, and the fallback of direct tenant funding recovered through rent credits.
Confirmed in the source:
- The remaining US$4 million per MW will be reimbursed by the tenant
- Reimbursement will occur in stages after each phase is delivered and begins generating rent
- The reimbursements are expected to be financed through non-recourse project debt
- If financing on comparable market terms is unavailable, the tenant will fund the reimbursements directly
- In that case, the tenant will recover the amounts through credits against rent over the remaining lease term
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://w.media/riot-platforms-signs-a-15-year-data-center-lease-in-texas/) in full (6,878 characters, retrieved November 9, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot Platforms signs a 15 year data center lease in Texas - W.Media
Quote: “The reimbursements are expected to be financed through non-recourse project debt backed by contracted rental income.”