20-year, 191-megawatt data center lease with Anthropic
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
Riot has a 20-year lease of 191 megawatts of capacity with Anthropic, projected to generate approximately $9.1 billion in revenue through 2048.
Source (primary)
Riot Platforms Sold 9,665 Bitcoin in H1 2026 to Fund AI Pivot - Cryptonews.net (-, news_article)
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Quote: “a 20-year, 191-megawatt lease with Anthropic. The deal is projected to generate approximately $9.1 billion in revenue for Riot through 2048.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 19, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document states Riot's lease with Anthropic is a 20-year, 191-megawatt deal projected to generate approximately $9.1 billion in revenue through 2048, matching every assertion in the claim.
Confirmed in the source:
- Riot has a 20-year lease with Anthropic
- The lease covers 191 megawatts of capacity
- The deal is projected to generate approximately $9.1 billion in revenue for Riot through 2048
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://cryptonews.net/news/mining/33315699/) in full (5,740 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot Platforms Sold 9,665 Bitcoin in H1 2026 to Fund AI Pivot - Cryptonews.net
Quote: “a 20-year, 191-megawatt lease with Anthropic. The deal is projected to generate approximately $9.1 billion in revenue for Riot through 2048.”