Nebraska data center acquisition
Company: Marathon Digital
The claim, verbatim
Acquired 42 MW total capacity data center adjacent to existing Nebraska site, expanding Nebraska campus by 40%, expected to lower mining costs and provide option value for AI and HPC workloads
Source (primary)
Marathon Digital 10-K filed 2026-03-02 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “We increased our Nebraska footprint through an acquisition of a 42 MW total capacity data center adjacent to an existing site, expanding our Nebraska campus by approximately 40%. With attractive power rates, we expect this acquisition to lower our average cost to mine at our Nebraska campus while strengthening our owned infrastructure footprint and providing option value for future AI and HPC workloads.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 16, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The 10-K states the 42 MW adjacent Nebraska acquisition, the roughly 40% campus expansion, and the expected cost-to-mine and AI/HPC option-value benefits.
Confirmed in the source:
- MARA acquired a 42 MW total capacity data center adjacent to an existing site in Nebraska
- The Nebraska acquisition expands MARA's Nebraska campus by approximately 40%
- MARA expects the acquisition to lower its average cost to mine at the Nebraska campus and provide option value for future AI and HPC workloads
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1507605/000150760526000007/mara-20251231.htm) in full (412,365 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Marathon Digital 10-K filed 2026-03-02
Quote: “We increased our Nebraska footprint through an acquisition of a 42 MW total capacity data center adjacent to an existing site, expanding our Nebraska campus by approximately 40%. With attractive power rates, we expect this acquisition to lower our average cost to mine at our Nebraska campus while strengthening our owned infrastructure footprint and providing option value for future AI and HPC workloads.”