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Will at least one of Galaxy Digital's Helios 830 MW approved expansion or Hut 8's Beacon Point capacity be announced as contracted under a long-term lease with a named tenant by 2027-06-30?

Approved, interconnected but unleased megawatts at energized-land owners convert into signed long-term leases, confirming that power position translates into contracted rent.

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Energized land and powered shells earn rent

A multi-gigawatt AI power shortfall makes approved, interconnected sites the binding constraint, so tenants bid for whatever energized capacity exists. Unleased expansion capacity is contracted at premium NOI per MW, converting discounted pipeline option value into contracted cash flow. Daniel Romero describes turning secured power into long-term contracted cash flow with tenants covering operating expenses, and Horizon Kinetics argues owners of scarce power, water and land positions collect rents for a long duration on multi-decade leases.

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Powered shells stay unleased past mid-2027

Lease spreads are set by tenant credit and term in a market with no Class A/B/C data center shorthand and few comps for stale assets, so flexible and single-purpose buildings price roughly alike while recovery risk concentrates in purpose-built remote campuses like inflexible shells with few alternative uses. This recovery risk suggests Helios and Beacon Point expansion capacity can remain uncontracted rather than quickly converting to signed leases. It would show first if expansion capacity remains unleased through mid-2027 with management language shifting from 'process' to 'evaluating alternatives'.

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