20-year data center lease contract
Company: Riot - Project: Rockdale
The claim, verbatim
Riot signed a 20-year lease generating approximately $9.1 billion in contracted revenue over its initial term
Source (primary)
BTCPressWire Tracks Bitcoin Mining Shift Toward AI Infrastructure as Riot Secures $9.1 Billion Data Center Deal - openpr.com (-, news_article)
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Quote: “signing a 20-year data-center lease for 191 megawatts of critical IT capacity at its Rockdale, Texas campus. The agreement is expected to generate approximately $9.1 billion in contracted revenue over its initial term”
How we checked this
Checked on September 24, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The press release states that Riot signed a 20-year data-center lease expected to generate about $9.1 billion in contracted revenue over its initial term.
Confirmed in the source:
- Riot Platforms signed a 20-year data-center lease
- The lease is expected to generate approximately $9.1 billion in contracted revenue over its initial term
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Additional evidence
confirms BTCPressWire Tracks Bitcoin Mining Shift Toward AI Infrastructure as Riot Secures $9.1 Billion Data Center Deal - openpr.com
Quote: “signing a 20-year data-center lease for 191 megawatts of critical IT capacity at its Rockdale, Texas campus. The agreement is expected to generate approximately $9.1 billion in contracted revenue over its initial term”