[Hut 8 Signs $9.8 Billion AI Data Center Lease Agreement, Stock Hits All-Time High] Odaily Planet Daily News: Bitcoin mining company Hut 8 announced the signing of a 15-year, $9.8 billion lease agreement to provide capacity for its initial 352 MW AI data center located in the Beacon Point campus in Texas. Following the announcement, Hut 8's stock surged 33% to $107, marking a historic high. The IT capacity covered by the agreement will support large-scale AI training and inference workloads. Currently, Hut 8's total contracted AI data center capacity has reached 597 MW, with a total contract value of approximately $16.8 billion, and an estimated annual net operating income of about $1.1 billion. The campus is expected to begin power delivery in Q1 2027, with the first data hall slated for delivery in Q3 of the same year.