Block Mining acquisition (Kentucky sites)
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
Riot acquired Block Mining in July 2024 and owns two operational Kentucky sites totaling 60MW.
Source (primary)
Riot Platforms signs 910MW agreement with unnamed frontier AI lab (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Riot also owns two operational sites in Kentucky, totaling 60MW, after acquiring Block Mining in July 2024”
How we checked this
Checked on November 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article states the acquisition date, the number of operational Kentucky sites and their combined capacity.
Confirmed in the source:
- Riot acquired Block Mining in July 2024
- Riot owns two operational sites in Kentucky
- The two Kentucky sites total 60MW
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/riot-platforms-signs-910mw-agreement-with-unnamed-frontier-ai-lab/) in full (8,709 characters, retrieved November 10, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot Platforms signs 910MW agreement with unnamed frontier AI lab
Quote: “Riot also owns two operational sites in Kentucky, totaling 60MW, after acquiring Block Mining in July 2024”