Riot Platforms Jumps on Reported $9 Billion AI Deal with Anthropic

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Riot Platforms has finalized a twenty-year, $9.1 billion infrastructure and computing agreement with artificial intelligence laboratory Anthropic. The transaction involves allocating 191 megawatts of high-density power and data center capacity at Riot's Rockdale, Texas campus for advanced AI model training. Phased delivery of the campus capacity is scheduled to begin in late 2027 and run through mid-2028. The agreement includes two five-year extension options that could potentially increase the total cumulative contract value to $16.1 billion. Market reaction to the disclosure drove a significant surge in Riot's share price as investors evaluated the strategic pivot from digital asset mining to enterprise-scale artificial intelligence hosting. The arrangement highlights the growing corporate competition to secure scarce electrical grid interconnections and physical power capacity across the United States to support expanding frontier artificial intelligence workloads.

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