Google incremental backstop commitment
Company: TeraWulf
The claim, verbatim
Google agreed to backstop $1.4 billion in new lease obligations on top of prior commitments
Source (primary)
Google's $3.2 Billion TeraWulf Backstop Shows How AI Data Centers Get Built - Startup Fortune (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Google agreed to backstop $1.4 billion in new lease obligations on top of prior commitments, bringing its total support to $3.2 billion, according to CNBC and Carbon Credits”
How we checked this
Checked on September 19, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document confirms Google agreed to backstop $1.4 billion in new lease obligations on top of prior commitments, bringing total support to $3.2 billion.
Confirmed in the source:
- Google agreed to backstop $1.4 billion in new lease obligations
- This was on top of prior commitments
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Additional evidence
confirms Google's $3.2 Billion TeraWulf Backstop Shows How AI Data Centers Get Built - Startup Fortune
Quote: “Google agreed to backstop $1.4 billion in new lease obligations on top of prior commitments, bringing its total support to $3.2 billion, according to CNBC and Carbon Credits”