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Riot announced a 191 MW AI data-center lease reportedly tied to Anthropic.

Riot Platforms said it executed a 20-year data-center lease with an unnamed leading frontier AI lab for 191 MW of critical IT capacity at its Rockdale, Texas campus, with about $9.1 billion in expected initial-term contract revenue and phased delivery through June 2028. Investopedia, citing Bloomberg, reported the customer as Anthropic and noted Riot shares rose on the deal.

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The evidence

What the reporting establishes

What happened

Riot Platforms said it executed a 20-year data-center lease with an unnamed leading frontier AI lab for 191 MW of critical IT capacity at its Rockdale, Texas campus, with about $9.1 billion in expected initial-term contract revenue and phased delivery through June 2028. Investopedia, citing Bloomberg, reported the customer as Anthropic and noted Riot shares rose on the deal.

Pressure point

Riot confirmed the capacity, term and revenue expectation, but did not name the customer in its release. The deal is also a delivery story, not just a demand story: power interconnection, build-out schedule, financing, tenant concentration and local grid effects decide whether the revenue becomes durable infrastructure.

What to watch

Whether Anthropic or Riot confirms the customer publicly, whether the December 2027 initial capacity target holds, whether the Morgan Stanley interim financing is replaced by long-term financing, and whether Texas grid or local permitting constraints change the economics.

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  1. Riot PlatformsRiot Platforms Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results and Strategic Highlights
  2. InvestopediaThis Bitcoin Miner-Turned-Data Center Operator's Stock is Jumping on a $9B Deal With Anthropic

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