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Riot Platforms $9.1B Anthropic AI Computing Deal
Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms finalized a $9.1 billion agreement with AI company Anthropic to lease 191 megawatts of computing capacity at its Rockdale, Texas campus for 20 years through 2048. The deal represents a strategic pivot by bitcoin miners toward AI infrastructure provision and drove significant gains in Riot's stock price.
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Riot PlatformsAnthropicRockdale TexasBitcoin mining
2026-08-18
2026-08-14
- Anthropic’s $2 trillion problem: Its underlying business is nowhere near the IPO valuation it wants
- Anthropic has soared to a $1.5 trillion valuation on secondary markets. Almost no one wants to sell.
- Anthropic needs to bring in Amazon-style earnings to justify its $2 trillion valuation—but it’s barely turned a profit
2026-08-13
2026-08-11
- Anthropic struck a $9.1 billion deal with bitcoin miner Riot Platforms for AI computing
- Riot Platforms surges 20% in pre-market trading on $9.1 billion Anthropic deal
- Anthropic strikes $9B compute deal with Bitcoin miner Riot: Report
- Riot Platforms stock jumps 25% after-hours on $9.1 billion AI deal reportedly with Anthropic