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$MARA just released one of the most important shareholder letters in company history: -MARA is no longer positioning itself as just a Bitcoin miner, it is positioning itself as an energy-backed digital infrastructure company built for AI, HPC, sovereign compute, and Bitcoin mining -The company believes connected power, not chips, is now the biggest bottleneck in AI infrastructure LONG RIDGE / AI CAMPUS: -Long Ridge gives MARA a 505 MW power plant, 1,600 acres, existing interconnection, fuel supply, water, and fiber in PJM, one of the most supply-constrained data center markets in North America -MARA says assets like this would take up to 10 years to replicate due to permitting, interconnection, and infrastructure bottlenecks -The company believes Long Ridge can scale into one of the leading AI and critical IT campuses in the market with over 1 GW of total potential capacity -The site already has inbound interest from hyperscalers and enterprise tenants STARWOOD PARTNERSHIP: -This is where the strategy gets interesting: MARA contributes powered land while Starwood helps finance, develop, and operate the AI infrastructure -MARA used a hypothetical 200 MW example where a site contribution valued at $200M could potentially allow MARA to retain ~50% ownership with up to $50M-$100M in annualized stabilized cash flow with little additional equity exposure beyond the land contribution itself -As projects scale larger, MARA says its original site contribution remains fixed while the remaining growth capital becomes more proportional between counterparties, similar to traditional data center financing structures - ~90% of MARA’s non-hosted capacity is now being evaluated for AI and critical IT conversion through the Starwood partnership EXAION / SOVEREIGN AI: -Exaion gives MARA exposure to sovereign AI, private cloud, and enterprise AI infrastructure - $MARA specifically highlighted that governments and enterprises increasingly want local control over compute, security, and data residency instead of relying entirely on U.S. hyperscalers -The company highlighted expansion discussions in France, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, and other energy-rich regions The biggest takeaway from the letter: - $MARA is trying to position itself as a company that controls and monetizes connected power across multiple compute markets, because management believes power is becoming the most valuable asset in AI infrastructure