20-year frontier AI lab data center lease at Rockdale
Company: Riot - Project: Rockdale
The claim, verbatim
Executed 20-year lease with leading frontier AI lab for 191 MW critical IT capacity at Rockdale campus expected to generate approximately $9.1 billion in total initial contract revenue through June 2048
Source (primary)
riot 8-K exhibit (riot-20260810xex99d1.htm) (SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex), press_release)
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Quote: “Executed 20-year data center lease with a leading frontier AI lab for 191 MW of critical IT capacity at Riot's Rockdale campus, expected to generate approximately $9.1 billion in total contract revenue over the initial term”
How we checked this
Checked on September 19, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document states all elements: the 20-year term, 191 MW, frontier AI lab, Rockdale, the $9.1 billion figure, and the June 2048 end date.
Confirmed in the source:
- Riot executed a 20-year data center lease with a leading frontier AI lab for 191 MW of critical IT capacity at its Rockdale campus
- The lease is expected to generate approximately $9.1 billion in total initial contract revenue
- The initial 20-year term runs through June 2048
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex) (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000110465926093406/riot-20260810xex99d1.htm) in full (19,696 characters, retrieved September 1, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms riot 8-K exhibit (riot-20260810xex99d1.htm)
Quote: “Executed 20-year data center lease with a leading frontier AI lab for 191 MW of critical IT capacity at Riot's Rockdale campus, expected to generate approximately $9.1 billion in total contract revenue over the initial term”