20-year AI data center lease at Rockdale
Company: Riot - Project: Rockdale
The claim, verbatim
Riot Platforms leased 191 MW of data center capacity at its Rockdale, Texas campus to a frontier AI lab under a 20-year agreement running through June 2048
Source (primary)
Foley Represents Riot Platforms on $9.1B AI Data Center Lease at Rockdale Campus - foley.com (-, news_article)
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Quote: “a landmark 20-year data center lease with a leading frontier AI lab for 191 MW of critical IT capacity at Riot's Rockdale, Texas campus. The lease, which runs through June 2048”
How we checked this
Checked on September 19, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document states all assertions: 191 MW, Rockdale campus, frontier AI lab tenant, 20-year term through June 2048.
Confirmed in the source:
- Riot Platforms leased 191 MW of critical IT capacity at its Rockdale, Texas campus to a leading frontier AI lab
- The lease is a 20-year agreement running through June 2048
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.foley.com/news/2026/08/foley-represents-riot-platforms-on-9-1b-ai-data-center-lease-at-rockdale-campus/) in full (7,541 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Foley Represents Riot Platforms on $9.1B AI Data Center Lease at Rockdale Campus - foley.com
Quote: “a landmark 20-year data center lease with a leading frontier AI lab for 191 MW of critical IT capacity at Riot's Rockdale, Texas campus. The lease, which runs through June 2048”