What to know:
- Riot signs 20-year, 191 MW, $9.1B AI data center lease reportedly with Anthropic.
- Biggest miner-to-AI pivot yet, swapping BTC revenue for $455M annual contracted cash flow.
- Signals AI and miners competing for power, tightening mining supply and pushing hybrid models.
Riot Platforms has entered into a 20-year lease for 191 megawatts of data centre space with a frontier AI lab that goes by the name of Anthropic. The contract, which is worth $9.1 billion in revenue, is reportedly the biggest turnaround yet by a Bitcoin miner towards AI infrastructure.
The partnership will deliver top-density computing power from Riot’s Texas locations Mainly fitted for both AI training and inference.Riot has not formally disclosed this particular tenant, but a lot of news have been pointing to Anthropic, which would be in line with Anthropic’s massive effort to get enough computing power.
From Hashrate to High-Performance Compute
This agreement illustrates the kind of change we are seeing on the public Bitcoin mining side. Given the post-April 2024 halving economics, a mining network hashrate of over, 700 EH/s, and compressed hashprice, miners are turning land and power into cash by providing spaces for AI. Riot, which is listed on Nasdaq as RIOT, is among Core Scientific, Hut 8, and Hive Digital in the move to high-performance computing.
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Making Economic Sense
With the 191 MW DealA $9.1 billion contract could produce around $455 million in annualized revenue upon full deployment, surpassing Riot’s anticipated 2024 mining revenue by at least a hundred and thirty million dollars.
Source: Reuters
From a shareholder perspective, it’s a means to trade in the unpredictable and potentially dangerous Bitcoin cash flows for a safer, long-term guaranteed revenue source, which could result in higher price estimates.
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Artificial Intelligence Power Appetit Reshapes the Cryptocurrency Field
Besides, the new deal will lessen Bitcoin price volatility and difficulty changes risk exposure. The agreement with the data center is an indicator of a growing trend: AI labs that might have limited access to U. S. electrical resources are now challenging miners for energy sources.
Source: Bloomberg
If the deal is concluded, Riot’s switch will reduce the supply of ASIC hosting while creating a power contract model for similar cases.
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