Barber Lake facility rent commencement
Company: Cipher Mining - Project: Barber Lake Facility
What the later record shows
The date slipped · new target December 31, 2026
Under the September 2026 amendment, rent starts per data hall as each is delivered. The first rent commencement is pushed to sometime in Q4 2026 instead of October 2026.
“Rent will commence for each data hall as it is delivered, with the first rent commencement expected to occur during the fourth quarter of 2026.”
2026-09-24 · Cipher Mining 8-K filed 2026-09-25 View cached copy (2026-09-26)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 commencement at Barber Lake site expected in October 2026
Source (primary)
Crypto Mining Stocks Rally While Bitcoin Slips: Cipher Mining Jumps 8%, MARA Climbs 6% - AOL.com (-, news_article)
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Quote: “for rent commencement at Cipher Mining's Barber Lake site, expected in October”
How we checked this
Checked on October 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article, published September 2026, says rent commencement at Barber Lake is expected in October. That means the upcoming October 2026.
Confirmed in the source:
- Rent commencement at Cipher Mining's Barber Lake site is expected in October
- The October timing refers to October 2026, given the article's September 8, 2026 publication date and its forward-looking context
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.aol.com/articles/crypto-mining-stocks-rally-while-190045000.html) in full (9,728 characters, retrieved September 9, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Crypto Mining Stocks Rally While Bitcoin Slips: Cipher Mining Jumps 8%, MARA Climbs 6% - AOL.com
Quote: “for rent commencement at Cipher Mining's Barber Lake site, expected in October”
delays Cipher Mining 8-K filed 2026-09-25
Quote: “Rent will commence for each data hall as it is delivered, with the first rent commencement expected to occur during the fourth quarter of 2026.”