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A lab signs a 20-year, $19B lease on a former bitcoin mine

development2026-07-07

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Anthropic signed a 20-year, $19 billion lease on 400 megawatts in Kentucky, reincarnating a bitcoin miner as an AI landlord, while Samsung forecast a 19-fold profit jump on record memory prices and SK Hynix launched a $28 billion US listing.

Reported metric: $19B / 400 MW / 19x profit

Reporting date: 2026-07-07 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to July 7, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A lab signs a 20-year, $19B lease on a former bitcoin mine
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Reporting date: 2026-07-07
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-07-07-a-twenty-year-lease-reincarnates-a-bitcoin-miner
Claim: Anthropic signed a 20-year, $19 billion lease on 400 megawatts in Kentucky, reincarnating a bitcoin miner as an AI landlord, while Samsung forecast a 19-fold profit jump on record memory prices and SK Hynix launched a $28 billion US listing.
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- Welcome to July 7, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-july-7-2026
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