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Anthropic AI compute services deal

Company: Riot - Project: Rockdale

Subject kind
partnership
Statement date
2026-08-16
Promised amount
9100000000.0 USD
Current status
stated

The claim, verbatim

Riot signed a $9.1 billion deal with Anthropic to provide 191 MW of AI compute capacity at Rockdale, Texas for an initial 20-year term, with two optional 5-year extensions potentially worth $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'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

Attempted on September 14, 2026. We could not read enough of the cited source to check this claim.

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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'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.”

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