Riot's $9.1B Anthropic deal reshapes Bitcoin mining infrastructure, shifting major energy capacity to high-margin AI workloads.
- Riot Platforms has signed a significant 20-year, $9.1 billion hosting deal with AI leader Anthropic, shifting substantial energy capacity from Bitcoin mining to AI workloads.
- The deal involves allocating 191 megawatts of power at Riot's Texas facility, with full availability for AI compute by June 2028, and includes options to increase the contract value to $16.1 billion.
- This strategic shift is driven by the high-margin potential of AI hosting and the need for diversified revenue streams in the volatile Bitcoin mining sector, attracting interest from institutional investors and Wall Street.
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