Anthropic compute capacity agreement
Company: Riot - Project: Rockdale
The claim, verbatim
Riot signed a $9.1 billion agreement to provide 191 MW of AI compute capacity to Anthropic at its Rockdale, Texas campus for 20 years, with two 5-year extensions at Anthropic's option (potentially worth an additional $7 billion)
Source (primary)
Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms Just Signed a $9 Billion Compute Deal With Anthropic. Why AI Is Now the Key to Valuing Bitcoin Mining Stocks. - The Motley Fool (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Riot Platforms ( RIOT +0.03% ) just entered into a $9 billion agreement to provide AI compute to Anthropic. ... Riot's $9.1 billion deal with Anthropic is for an initial 20-year term at its Rockdale, Texas, campus. There are also two five-year extensions at Anthropic's option, which could translate into an additional $7 billion of revenue. Riot's deal with Anthropic is for 191 MW of capacity.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 19, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document states every element: the $9.1 billion figure, 191 MW, Rockdale Texas, the 20-year term, and the two optional five-year extensions worth up to $7 billion more.
Confirmed in the source:
- Riot signed a $9.1 billion agreement to provide AI compute to Anthropic
- The Anthropic deal covers 191 MW of capacity
- The deal is at Riot's Rockdale, Texas campus
- The initial term is 20 years
- There are two five-year extensions at Anthropic's option, potentially worth an additional $7 billion
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/08/16/bitcoin-miner-riot-platforms-just-signed-a-9-billi/) in full (11,412 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms Just Signed a $9 Billion Compute Deal With Anthropic. Why AI Is Now the Key to Valuing Bitcoin Mining Stocks. - The Motley Fool
Quote: “Riot Platforms ( RIOT +0.03% ) just entered into a $9 billion agreement to provide AI compute to Anthropic. ... Riot's $9.1 billion deal with Anthropic is for an initial 20-year term at its Rockdale, Texas, campus. There are also two five-year extensions at Anthropic's option, which could translate into an additional $7 billion of revenue. Riot's deal with Anthropic is for 191 MW of capacity.”