Rockdale miner deployment: 14,500 added, 17,000 replaced
Company: Riot - Project: Rockdale
What the later record shows
The date slipped · new target September 30, 2024
In April 2024 Riot said deployment of the Rockdale miners from this order would be completed in Q3 2024, later than the end-of-July 2024 target. No passage confirms that all 31,500 miners (14,500 additive and about 17,000 replacements) were actually deployed.
“Deployment of the miners intended for the Rockdale Facility is expected to begin in Q2 2024 and be completed in Q3 2024.”
2024-04-30 · riot 8-K exhibit (riot-20240501xex99d1.htm) View cached copy (2026-11-08)Live source ↗
“Approximately 17,000 miners in the order are expected to replace underperforming machines currently operating in the facility, and the deployment of the remaining 14,500 miners”
2024-04-30 · riot 8-K exhibit (riot-20240501xex99d1.htm) View cached copy (2026-11-08)Live source ↗
Checked November 10, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
All 31,500 miners will be deployed at the Rockdale Facility. About 14,500 will add self-mining capacity and about 17,000 will replace under-performing miners.
Source (primary)
riot 8-K exhibit (riot-20240224xex99d1.htm) (SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex), press_release)
View cached copy (2026-11-09)Live source ↗
Quote: “From this new order, 14,500 miners are set to be deployed in available capacity at the Rockdale Facility. The remaining approximately 17,000 miners from this order will replace underperforming machines at the Rockdale Facility.”
How we checked this
Checked on November 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
Riot's press release states that all 31,500 miners will go to the Rockdale Facility, with about 14,500 adding self-mining capacity and about 17,000 replacing under-performing machines.
Confirmed in the source:
- All 31,500 miners in the order will be deployed at the Rockdale Facility.
- Approximately 14,500 of the miners will add to self-mining capacity at Rockdale.
- Approximately 17,000 of the miners will replace under-performing miners at Rockdale.
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex) (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000116741924000008/riot-20240224xex99d1.htm) in full (8,376 characters, retrieved November 9, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms riot 8-K exhibit (riot-20240224xex99d1.htm)
Quote: “From this new order, 14,500 miners are set to be deployed in available capacity at the Rockdale Facility. The remaining approximately 17,000 miners from this order will replace underperforming machines at the Rockdale Facility.”
delays riot 8-K exhibit (riot-20240501xex99d1.htm)
Quote: “Deployment of the miners intended for the Rockdale Facility is expected to begin in Q2 2024 and be completed in Q3 2024.”