20-year data center lease at Rockdale with AI lab
Company: Riot - Project: Rockdale
The claim, verbatim
Riot secured a 20-year lease for 191 megawatts at its Rockdale, Texas data center with a leading frontier AI laboratory
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Riot Platforms locked in a $9.1 billion Anthropic deal, but its bridge loan expires before the rent starts - CryptoSlate (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Riot had secured a 20-year lease for 191 megawatts of critical IT capacity at its Rockdale, Texas, campus, describing the tenant only as a 'leading frontier AI lab'”
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confirms Riot Platforms locked in a $9.1 billion Anthropic deal, but its bridge loan expires before the rent starts - CryptoSlate
Quote: “Riot had secured a 20-year lease for 191 megawatts of critical IT capacity at its Rockdale, Texas, campus, describing the tenant only as a 'leading frontier AI lab'”