Data center business launch
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
Began developing data center business in earnest in 2025 and generated first data center revenue in Q1 2026
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: “The company said it began developing its data center business in earnest in 2025, generating its first data center revenue in the first quarter of 2026”
How we checked this
Checked on September 24, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article attributes both points to the company.
Confirmed in the source:
- Riot began developing its data center business in earnest in 2025
- Riot generated its first data center revenue in Q1 2026
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: “The company said it began developing its data center business in earnest in 2025, generating its first data center revenue in the first quarter of 2026”