Datacentrex buys 10.5% of Eagle LNG in $30 million space-fuel bet

Datacentrex invested $30 million for a 10.5% stake in Eagle LNG Partners, buying into the aerospace-spec methane supplier that fuels next-generation U.S. launch vehicles as Washington pushes to multiply launch cadence several times over this decade.

"Eagle LNG is not a concept. It has been producing and delivering LNG since 2017 and it is already under contract with a leading space propulsion customer," Parker Scott, chief executive officer of Datacentrex, said. "We would rather own a position in the supply chain underneath that growth than try to pick which vehicle wins."

Eagle LNG, a Jacksonville, Florida-based producer formed in 2013 and controlled by The Energy & Minerals Group, has delivered LNG under take-or-pay supply agreements averaging about 15 years across space propulsion, marine bunkering, island utility and industrial markets. It has completed more than 700 bunkering operations since 2018 without incident. Datacentrex bought Class A Common Units in ELNG Equity LLC at the same value per unit as a concurrent $10 million commitment by an EMG affiliate, aligning the new investor with the controlling sponsor.

The deal shifts part of Datacentrex's $51.9 million cash balance reported at June 30 into an illiquid, non-controlling equity stake with no public market and no committed timetable for an initial public offering or other liquidity event. The stock fell 10.8 percent to $2.32 after the announcement, trimming the company's market value to about $93 million and marking its sharpest one-day drop in a month. The decline contrasts with an 11.4 percent jump on Aug. 24, when the company said it secured colocation capacity for more than 500 prepaid ASIC miners.

The investment extends Datacentrex's push beyond digital-asset mining — it operates Scrypt-based mining for Dogecoin and Litecoin alongside Bitcoin — into energy and space-launch infrastructure. The company has flagged expansion at Eagle LNG's Talleyrand second berth and a Maxville de-bottlenecking program, though those projects carry permitting, siting and cost-overrun risk, and the de-bottlenecking may not achieve expected production capacity.

The bet rests on the U.S. space launch buildout translating into contracted demand. Every reusable vehicle needs fuel, and Eagle LNG is already a qualified supplier of the high-methane liquid used by next-generation American rockets. The revenue base is anchored by long-term take-or-pay contracts, but a right of first refusal held by Eagle LNG does not obligate any counterparty to buy volumes, leaving growth dependent on customer concentration and third-party launch cadence outside the company's control.

For Datacentrex, the stake is a minority position with limited influence over Eagle LNG's management, capital structure or distribution policy, and the company's substantial existing debt and preferred equity sit ahead of common-unit holders. The investment also exposes Datacentrex to swings in natural gas and LNG prices, changes in tax credits and export authorizations, and volatility in Dogecoin, Litecoin and Bitcoin prices that drive its core mining business.

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