Anthropic Reportedly Signs $9.1B, 20-Year Deal for Texas Data Center Capacity
NinaDSchick · x · 2026-08-11
According to Bloomberg, Anthropic has struck a $9.1 billion, 20-year deal with Riot Platforms. The agreement secures 191 megawatts of AI data center capacity at Riot’s Rockdale, Texas campus.
Commentators noted that the ultimate bottleneck and driving force for the AI industry leads back to energy and compute infrastructure.
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