Memorandum of understanding with Terrestrial Energy for nuclear power exploration
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
Riot Platforms signed a memorandum of understanding with Terrestrial Energy in May to explore placing small nuclear reactors near future data centers in Texas and Kentucky, with potential capacity of up to 4 GW
Source (primary)
Duquesne Entered a New Position in Riot Platforms During Q2. What This Means for RIOT Stock. - Yahoo Finance (-, news_article)
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Quote: “In May, Riot Platforms also signed a memorandum of understanding with Terrestrial Energy to explore placing small nuclear reactors near future data centers in Texas and Kentucky. The proposal covers multiple 390 MW IMSR plants, with up to 4 GW of total nuclear capacity”
How we checked this
Checked on September 18, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article reports the May MOU with Terrestrial Energy for small nuclear reactors near future Texas and Kentucky data centers, with up to 4 GW of total capacity.
Confirmed in the source:
- Riot Platforms signed a memorandum of understanding with Terrestrial Energy
- The memorandum was signed in May
- It is to explore placing small nuclear reactors near future data centers
- The sites are in Texas and Kentucky
- The proposal covers up to 4 GW of total nuclear capacity
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/duquesne-entered-position-riot-platforms-145355686.html) in full (12,359 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Duquesne Entered a New Position in Riot Platforms During Q2. What This Means for RIOT Stock. - Yahoo Finance
Quote: “In May, Riot Platforms also signed a memorandum of understanding with Terrestrial Energy to explore placing small nuclear reactors near future data centers in Texas and Kentucky. The proposal covers multiple 390 MW IMSR plants, with up to 4 GW of total nuclear capacity”