{"id":311019,"date":"2026-02-27T10:51:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.botslash.com\/market-ur\/mara-partners-with-starwood-to-build-ai-data-centers-shares-rise-17-en\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T10:51:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:51:36","slug":"mara-partners-with-starwood-to-build-ai-data-centers-shares-rise-17-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.botslash.com\/en\/market\/mara-partners-with-starwood-to-build-ai-data-centers-shares-rise-17-en\/","title":{"rendered":"MARA Partners with Starwood to Build AI Data Centers, Shares Rise 17%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin mining company MARA has entered into an agreement with investment firm Starwood to convert selected facilities into artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. Following the announcement, MARA&#8217;s stock price surged by up to 17%. Known for its expertise and infrastructure in cryptocurrency mining, MARA is expanding its focus toward the development of AI data centers, which play a crucial role in future technology and digital infrastructure. Starwood, a prominent investment firm with interests in data center and technology infrastructure, will collaborate with MARA to establish advanced data centers that meet the needs of modern AI applications, thereby supporting the growth of the digital economy. This move comes amid rising global demand for AI technology and the increasing importance of data centers. MARA\u2019s initiative not only reflects its business diversification but also strengthens its position as an innovative player in the cryptocurrency market. Looking ahead, the partnership could provide MARA with new revenue streams and growth opportunities in the technology sector, although it may also face technical and financial challenges associated with developing AI data centers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2026\/02\/26\/bitcoin-miner-mara-jumps-17-after-striking-a-deal-with-starwood-to-build-ai-data-centers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">coindesk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin mining company MARA has entered into an agreement with investment firm Starwood to convert selected facilities into artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. Following the announcement, MARA&#8217;s stock price surged by up to 17%. Known for its expertise and infrastructure in cryptocurrency mining, MARA is expanding its focus toward the development of AI data centers, which play a crucial role in future technology and digital infrastructure. Starwood, a prominent investment firm with interests in data center and technology infrastructure, will collaborate with MARA to establish advanced data centers that meet the needs of modern AI applications, thereby supporting the growth of the digital economy. This move comes amid rising global demand for AI technology and the increasing importance of data centers. MARA\u2019s initiative not only reflects its business diversification but also strengthens its position as an innovative player in the cryptocurrency market. Looking ahead, the partnership could provide MARA with new revenue streams and growth opportunities in the technology sector, although it may also face technical and financial challenges associated with developing AI data centers. Source: coindesk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":310979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market-ur"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botslash.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botslash.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botslash.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botslash.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.botslash.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botslash.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botslash.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botslash.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botslash.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}