Anthropic 20-year data center agreement
Company: Riot - Project: Rockdale
The claim, verbatim
Signed 20-year, 191-megawatt data center agreement with Anthropic from Rockdale, Texas, running through June 2048, expected to generate approximately $9.1 billion in contracted revenue, with two additional five-year extension options potentially bringing total value to $16.1 billion
Source (primary)
Riot Platforms Shares Climb 3.81% as Its $9.1 Billion Anthropic Data Center Deal Keeps Steadily Paying Off - International Business Times Australia (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Riot disclosed on August 10 that it had signed a 20-year agreement to supply 191 megawatts of data center capacity...The agreement, which runs through June 2048, is expected to generate approximately $9.1 billion in contracted revenue, with two additional five-year extension options that could push the total potential value of the deal to roughly $16.1 billion if fully exercised”
How we checked this
Checked on September 24, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article reports every element of the deal. Riot itself described the customer only as a 'leading frontier AI' lab; the identification as Anthropic comes from Bloomberg News citing people familiar with the matter.
Confirmed in the source:
- Riot signed a 20-year agreement to supply 191 megawatts of data center capacity
- The capacity is supplied from Riot's Rockdale, Texas campus
- The counterparty is Anthropic, as the article states, citing a Bloomberg News report
- The agreement runs through June 2048
- The agreement is expected to generate approximately $9.1 billion in contracted revenue
- Two additional five-year extension options could bring total potential value to roughly $16.1 billion
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.ibtimes.com.au/riot-platforms-anthropic-ai-data-centre-deal-1875646) in full (12,423 characters, retrieved September 19, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot Platforms Shares Climb 3.81% as Its $9.1 Billion Anthropic Data Center Deal Keeps Steadily Paying Off - International Business Times Australia
Quote: “Riot disclosed on August 10 that it had signed a 20-year agreement to supply 191 megawatts of data center capacity...The agreement, which runs through June 2048, is expected to generate approximately $9.1 billion in contracted revenue, with two additional five-year extension options that could push the total potential value of the deal to roughly $16.1 billion if fully exercised”