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Anthropic Strikes $9 Billion Deal With Cloud Computing Firm Riot

Bloomberg Technology Tuesday 11 August 2026, 00:00 UTC By Shirin Ghaffary 1 min read
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Anthropic Strikes $9 Billion Deal With Cloud Computing Firm Riot Anthropic PBC has struck a $9.1 billion deal with Riot Platforms Inc., a Bitcoin mining company that also recently began selling AI data center capacity, people familiar with the matter said, underscoring the Claude maker’s efforts to secure enough computing to meet its customers’ demand. Riot disclosed earlier on Monday that it had secured a 20-year deal to supply 191 megawatts of capacity from its Rockdale, Texas, campus to a...

Anthropic Strikes $9 Billion Deal With Cloud Computing Firm Riot Anthropic PBC has struck a $9.1 billion deal with Riot Platforms Inc., a Bitcoin mining company that also recently began selling AI data center capacity, people familiar with the matter said, underscoring the Claude maker’s efforts to secure enough computing to meet its customers’ demand. Riot disclosed earlier on Monday that it had secured a 20-year deal to supply 191 megawatts of capacity from its Rockdale, Texas, campus to a “leading frontier AI” company. That company is Anthropic, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private information.
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