CleanSpark Inks a $6.6B AI Lease to Become a Digital Landlord

CleanSpark Inks a $6.6B AI Lease to Become a Digital Landlord Written by Jeffrey Neal Johnson | Reviewed by Clare Titus July 15, 2026 Share Link copied to clipboard. Key Points CleanSpark signed a $6.6 billion, 20-year triple-net lease in Sandersville, Georgia, providing 175 megawatts to an undisclosed technology tenant for AI data center use. The deal, plus an exclusivity agreement covering an 885-megawatt Texas portfolio, could generate over $1 billion in predictable annual revenue and shift CleanSpark's valuation away from crypto mining cycles. CleanSpark faces roughly $1.75 billion to $2.1 billion in Sandersville construction costs and plans to use its 13,941 Bitcoin treasury as collateral to avoid shareholder dilution. The digital gold rush is rapidly giving way to the artificial intelligence land grab. For years, Bitcoin miners amassed vast power portfolios to run high-energy operations. Today, that specific electrical capacity sits at the precise bottleneck that is starving the world's largest technology firms. Power is the new premium real estate, and organizations controlling the grid connection hold the ultimate leverage. CleanSpark NASDAQ: CLSK just weaponized this leverage, securing a $6.6 billion, 20-year AI data center lease that decouples its valuation from cryptocurrency volatility. By locking in $330 million in expected annual net operating income, CleanSpark forces Wall Street to aggressively reprice its stock. Once a cyclical miner, the company is rapidly transforming into a premier digital infrastructure landlord. Get Cleanspark alerts: Sign Up Cashing in on the High-Performance Compute Boom When evaluating infrastructure companies, predictability is everything. CleanSpark recently executed a...