20-year, 191-megawatt data center lease with major AI developer
Company: Riot - Project: Rockdale
The claim, verbatim
Riot signed a landmark 20-year data center lease for 191 megawatts with a major AI developer, valued at $9.1 billion
Source (primary)
Riot Platforms stock surges on $9.1 billion data center deal with Anthropic - AOL.com (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Today's announcement of a landmark 20-year, 191-megawatt data center lease with a leading frontier AI lab marks a defining moment in our evolution into a leading developer of large-scale data centers”
How we checked this
Checked on September 19, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document's quote from Riot's CEO establishes the 20-year, 191-megawatt landmark lease with a frontier AI lab, and the article states the transaction is valued at $9.1 billion.
Confirmed in the source:
- Riot signed a data center lease described as landmark
- The lease term is 20 years
- The lease covers 191 megawatts
- The counterparty is a major AI developer (leading frontier AI lab)
- The transaction is valued at $9.1 billion
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.aol.com/articles/riot-platforms-stock-surges-9-132120000.html) in full (4,298 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot Platforms stock surges on $9.1 billion data center deal with Anthropic - AOL.com
Quote: “Today's announcement of a landmark 20-year, 191-megawatt data center lease with a leading frontier AI lab marks a defining moment in our evolution into a leading developer of large-scale data centers”