Sources: Anthropic agreed to a 20-year, $9.1B compute deal with Riot Platforms for 191 MW of capacity at a Rockdale, TX campus; RIOT jumps ~25% after hours (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
Anthropic is Riot’s unnamed cloud customer, according to Bloomberg’s sources.
The reported agreement runs 20 years and covers 191 MW at Riot’s Rockdale, Texas campus. Bloomberg puts the value at $9.1 billion, marking Riot’s push from bitcoin mining into AI data center capacity. Riot shares jumped after the report, with linked coverage citing gains of roughly 15% to 25%. Techmeme's note
The reported agreement runs 20 years and covers 191 MW at Riot’s Rockdale, Texas campus. Bloomberg puts the value at $9.1 billion, marking Riot’s push from bitcoin mining into AI data center capacity. Riot shares jumped after the report, with linked coverage citing gains of roughly 15% to 25%. Techmeme's note
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