Riot Platforms shares soar 25% after-hours on news of $9.1B Anthropic deal

Riot Platforms (RIOT) shares surged about 25% in after-hours trading after Bloomberg reported that Anthropic agreed to purchase 191 MW of computing capacity from the Bitcoin miner's Rockdale, Texas, campus under a 20-year contract worth $9.1 billion, with options that could extend the deal through 2058 and generate up to $16.1 billion in revenue.

Riot Platforms shares soar 25% after-hours on news of $9.1B Anthropic deal Riot is turning its Bitcoin mining infrastructure into an AI power play. Shares of Riot Platforms RIOT rallied approximately 25% in overnight trading on reports that Anthropic agreed to purchase 191 MW of computing capacity from the Bitcoin miner under a 20-year contract worth $9.1 billion. According to https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-11/anthropic-strikes-9-billion-deal-with-cloud-computing-firm-riot Bloomberg, the capacity will come from Riot’s Rockdale, Texas, campus, with the agreement running through 2048 and options that could extend it for another decade and generate as much as $16.1 billion in revenue. The contract adds to a string of massive infrastructure deals Anthropic has struck this year as it works to meet surging demand for its AI models. Riot, meanwhile, is increasingly shifting its business beyond Bitcoin mining toward data centers serving the AI boom. Disclosure: This article was edited by Vivian Nguyen. For more information on how we create and review content, see our Editorial Policy https://cryptobriefing.com/editorial-policy/ .