Block Mining acquisition (Kentucky)
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
Riot owns two operational Kentucky sites totaling 60MW after acquiring Block Mining in July 2024; sites could exceed 300MW at full build-out.
Source (primary)
Riot Platforms signs 910MW agreement with unnamed frontier AI lab - Data Center Dynamics (-, 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 number of Kentucky sites, their 60MW total, the July 2024 Block Mining acquisition, and the potential to exceed 300MW.
Confirmed in the source:
- Riot owns two operational sites in Kentucky
- The Kentucky sites total 60MW
- Riot came to own the sites after acquiring Block Mining in July 2024
- The sites could total more than 300MW at full build-out
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 (8,636 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 - Data Center Dynamics
Quote: “Riot also owns two operational sites in Kentucky, totaling 60MW, after acquiring Block Mining in July 2024”