Expected debt financing for Rockdale project
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
Riot expects debt financing to cover roughly $1.7 billion to $2.1 billion under an 80-90% loan-to-cost structure
Source (primary)
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: “expects debt financing to cover roughly $1.7 billion to $2.1 billion under an assumed 80% to 90% loan-to-cost structure”
How we checked this
Checked on September 15, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article states Riot expects debt financing of roughly $1.7 billion to $2.1 billion under an assumed 80% to 90% loan-to-cost structure.
Confirmed in the source:
- Riot expects debt financing to cover roughly $1.7 billion to $2.1 billion
- The debt estimate assumes an 80% to 90% loan-to-cost structure
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://cryptoslate.com/riot-platforms-locked-in-a-9-1-billion-anthropic-deal-but-its-bridge-loan-expires-before-the-rent-starts/) in full (16,460 characters, retrieved September 1, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot Platforms locked in a $9.1 billion Anthropic deal, but its bridge loan expires before the rent starts - CryptoSlate
Quote: “expects debt financing to cover roughly $1.7 billion to $2.1 billion under an assumed 80% to 90% loan-to-cost structure”