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Why it matters
Anthropic signs nine-billion-dollar data center lease in Texas
The Decoder Anthropic signs $9.1 billion data center deal with Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms
Anthropic has agreed to lease 191 megawatts of data center capacity from Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms in Texas in a deal valued at up to $16.1 billion.
Why it matters
This massive infrastructure expansion secures the computing power Anthropic needs to train and run its next generation of AI models.
Latest brief · Aug 11, 2026