Riot lands $9.1 billion AI lease reportedly with Anthropic
August 11, 2026
The 20-year Rockdale deal turns 191 megawatts of bitcoin mining power into AI capacity, and RIOT shares jumped 25% after hours.
The 20-year Rockdale deal turns 191 megawatts of bitcoin mining power into AI capacity, and RIOT shares jumped 25% after hours.
The former hashrate leader is liquidating, not reorganizing, and 11,700 wallet customers hold most of the claims
Bitcoin miner TeraWulf will host Anthropic at a 401 MW Kentucky campus in a 20-year lease worth about $19 billion.
Sixth difficulty cut of 2026 lands as public miners sold over 32,000 BTC in Q1 to fund AI infrastructure
The stablecoin issuer’s MDK pairs a JavaScript SDK with a React UI library to break vendor lock-in across mining operations.
Public bitcoin miners are selling BTC and signing $70B in AI contracts as production costs hit $80,000 per coin, per CoinShares data.
MARA Holdings sold 15,133 BTC for $1.1 billion and used the proceeds to buy back $1 billion in convertible notes at 9% below par, cutting total debt by 30%.