Anthropic signs $9.1 billion data center deal with Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms
Anthropic has agreed to lease $9.1 billion in data center capacity from Riot Platforms in Texas. The agreement covers 191 megawatts with potential extensions reaching $16.1 billion.
Anthropic is securing significant compute infrastructure through a long-term lease with Riot Platforms. The agreement involves the Rockdale site in Texas, providing substantial power capacity for the AI lab's operations.
This move highlights the growing demand for specialized data center space among leading foundation model developers. As training and inference requirements scale, securing reliable power and location becomes a critical bottleneck for AI advancement.
Riot Platforms represents a shift in the crypto-mining sector, repurposing existing facilities for AI workloads. Such partnerships illustrate how the industry is adapting available infrastructure to meet the surging energy needs of large language models.
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