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Frontier AI lab data center lease at Rockdale campus

Company: Riot - Project: Rockdale

Subject kind
facility capacity
Statement date
2026-08-19
Promised by
2048-06-30
Promised amount
191.0 MW
Current status
stated

The claim, verbatim

20-year data center lease for 191 MW of critical IT capacity at Rockdale, Texas campus through June 2048 with frontier AI lab

Source (primary)

Foley Represents Riot Platforms on $9.1B AI Data Center Lease at Rockdale Campus - foley.com (-, news_article)
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Quote: “20-year data center lease with a leading frontier AI lab for 191 MW of critical IT capacity at Riot's Rockdale, Texas campus. The lease, which runs through June 2048”

How we checked this

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What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.foley.com/news/2026/08/foley-represents-riot-platforms-on-9-1b-ai-data-center-lease-at-rockdale-campus/) in full (7,541 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.

Additional evidence

confirms Foley Represents Riot Platforms on $9.1B AI Data Center Lease at Rockdale Campus - foley.com

Quote: “20-year data center lease with a leading frontier AI lab for 191 MW of critical IT capacity at Riot's Rockdale, Texas campus. The lease, which runs through June 2048”

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