No data center construction without a tenant
Company: Marathon Digital
The claim, verbatim
CEO Fred Thiel said MARA will not begin building without a tenant but will prepare power infrastructure and network in advance so construction can start immediately.
Source (primary)
MARA Holdings Q3 Call: Aims to Secure Two AI/HPC Leases by Year-End, Reduces Total Debt by 37% - KuCoin (-, news_article)
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Quote: “We won’t start building without a tenant, but we’ll have the power infrastructure and network ready to go at a moment’s notice.”
How we checked this
Checked on November 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article quotes Thiel saying MARA won't build without a tenant but will have power infrastructure and network ready at a moment's notice. Its Q&A summary adds that this is so MARA can begin immediately when ready.
Confirmed in the source:
- CEO Fred Thiel said MARA will not start building without a tenant
- Thiel said MARA will prepare power infrastructure and network before a lease is signed
- Thiel said the preparation is meant to allow work to begin immediately when ready
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.kucoin.com/news/flash/mara-holdings-q3-call-aims-to-sign-two-ai-hpc-leases-by-year-end-cuts-total-debt-by-37) in full (15,540 characters, retrieved November 10, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms MARA Holdings Q3 Call: Aims to Secure Two AI/HPC Leases by Year-End, Reduces Total Debt by 37% - KuCoin
Quote: “We won’t start building without a tenant, but we’ll have the power infrastructure and network ready to go at a moment’s notice.”