MARA Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MARA) shares are trading higher Friday on possible continued strength after the company announced a definitive agreement to acquire a large-scale powered land site in Matagorda County, Texas from HIF USA LLC.
- MARA shares are advancing steadily. Why is MARA stock trading higher?
The Deal & Site Development
The site encompasses more than 1,200 acres approximately 90 miles southwest of Houston, and is expected to provide access to up to 1 GW of grid capacity by October 2027 and up to 2 GW by April 2028. The site has already received interest from potential High-Performance Computing tenants. HIF will retain a minority ownership interest in the project upon execution of a lease with an HPC tenant.
Upon full energization, the site is expected to more than double MARA’s potential power capacity to approximately 4.8 GW across its portfolio — including the anticipated close of MARA’s previously announced agreement to acquire Long Ridge Energy & Power.
MARA intends to develop the site through its partnership with Starwood Digital Ventures as a large-scale digital infrastructure campus capable of supporting high-performance computing workloads as well as flexible compute operations, including Bitcoin mining. Phased construction is expected to begin in 2026, contingent upon regulatory approvals.
“This transaction advances our strategy of securing strategically located infrastructure assets capable of supporting high-performance compute and bitcoin workloads,” said Fred Thiel, MARA’s Chairman and CEO.
MARA Shares Edge Higher
MARA Price Action: At the time of publication, MARA shares are trading 2.18% higher at $13.51, according to data from Benzinga Pro.
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