Google backstop arrangement
Company: Cipher Mining - Project: Barber Lake Facility
The claim, verbatim
Google LLC agreed to backstop certain obligations of Fluidstack under HPC leases at Barber Lake
Source (primary)
Cipher Mining 10-K filed 2026-02-24 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “Google LLC ("Google") has agreed to backstop certain obligations of Fluidstack under our HPC leases with Fluidstack”
How we checked this
Checked on September 16, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The filing states Google agreed to backstop certain Fluidstack obligations under the Barber Lake HPC leases.
Confirmed in the source:
- Google LLC has agreed to backstop certain obligations of Fluidstack under Cipher's HPC leases with Fluidstack
- The backstop is supported by a lease recognition agreement tied to the Barber Lake leases
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819989/000181998926000009/cifr-20251231.htm) in full (477,779 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Cipher Mining 10-K filed 2026-02-24
Quote: “Google LLC ("Google") has agreed to backstop certain obligations of Fluidstack under our HPC leases with Fluidstack”