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Anthropic signs $9.1 billion data center lease with Bitcoin miner
The Decoder Anthropic signs $9.1 billion data center deal with Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms
Anthropic agreed to lease up to $9.1 billion in data center capacity from Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms at a facility in Texas.
Why it matters
The massive deal secures the immense power and computing infrastructure Anthropic needs to train and run its next-generation AI models.
Latest brief · Aug 11, 2026