MicroBT third order: 31,500 miners for Rockdale
Company: Riot - Project: Rockdale
The claim, verbatim
In February 2024 Riot placed a third order with MicroBT for 31,500 air-cooled miners for the Rockdale Facility, ~17,000 to replace underperforming machines and ~14,500 to add capacity.
Source (primary)
riot 8-K exhibit (riot-20240501xex99d1.htm) (SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex), press_release)
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Quote: “In February 2024, Riot entered into a third order with MicroBT, for 31,500 air-cooled miners for the Rockdale Facility.”
How we checked this
Checked on November 10, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The release gives the date, counterparty, quantity, destination and the replacement/expansion split.
Confirmed in the source:
- In February 2024 Riot entered into a third order with MicroBT
- The order is for 31,500 air-cooled miners for the Rockdale Facility
- Approximately 17,000 of the miners are expected to replace underperforming machines
- The remaining 14,500 miners will add hash rate capacity at Rockdale
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex) (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000155837024006323/riot-20240501xex99d1.htm) in full (16,711 characters, retrieved November 8, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms riot 8-K exhibit (riot-20240501xex99d1.htm)
Quote: “In February 2024, Riot entered into a third order with MicroBT, for 31,500 air-cooled miners for the Rockdale Facility.”