Anthropic Secures $9.1 Billion AI Compute Deal with Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms

Anthropic PBC has finalized a 20-year, $9.1 billion cloud computing agreement with Riot Platforms Inc., a bitcoin mining company pivoting to AI data center capacity. This deal will provide Anthropic with 191 megawatts of computing power from Riot's Texas campus, underscoring Anthropic's aggressive efforts to secure sufficient computing resources to meet the escalating demand for its AI tools.