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Cipher Digital Funds Stingray Build
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Cipher Digital is advancing multiple data center projects while shifting from Bitcoin mining toward AI and high-performance computing infrastructure. The company has identified Amazon Web Services as the tenant for its 70-megawatt Stingray facility and priced approximately $810 million of senior secured notes to fund remaining construction costs, reimburse prior equity contributions, and establish debt service reserves. Barber Lake has reached structural completion, while Black Pearl remains in retrofit and planning stages. The financing supports continued buildout but leaves project completion, leverage, and the closing of the notes offering as important execution considerations.
First Article: 05/28/26
Latest Article: 06/10/26
Summary
- AWS is identified as the tenant for Cipher Digital’s 70-megawatt Stingray high-performance computing facility.
- Cipher Digital priced $810 million of 6.000% senior secured notes due 2031 to fund Stingray’s remaining construction costs and related reserves.
- The notes are secured by first-priority liens and guaranteed by Cipher Stingray; Cipher also provides a completion guarantee if proceeds are insufficient.
- Barber Lake has reached structural completion, with mechanical and electrical installations underway and the schedule reported as on track.
- Black Pearl’s initial retrofit continues, while planning for a subsequent phase has begun.
- Cipher Digital also has a $200 million revolving credit facility and has signed a third data center campus lease with an investment-grade hyperscale customer.
- The financing and leasing activity supports Cipher Digital’s transition from Bitcoin mining toward AI and high-performance computing infrastructure.
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The biggest update is that AWS is now identified as Stingray’s tenant, making the facility’s commercialization path more concrete. The financing details are also sharper, with the notes priced and structured around a specific 2031 maturity, while Barber Lake has advanced to structural completion.
The biggest update is that Cipher’s story has broadened from mainly Stingray financing into a multi-site buildout supported by new lease activity. The added completion guarantee and ongoing construction progress make the execution burden more explicit, but the core thesis remains the same: heavy capital needs and dependence on successful financing.
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