Riot Platforms инвестирует в ИИ-экспансию, продав 1080 BTC и приобретя новый участок Headline: Riot Platforms invests in AI expansion, selling 1080 BTC and acquiring a new plot of land

The mining firm Riot Platforms has acquired approximately 81 acres of land near its flagship data center in Rockdale, Texas, for $96 million.

The purchase was financed using the company’s own funds. In December, Riot sold a record 1,080 BTC while mining 460 BTC within the same month.

The firm has taken ownership of a parcel that was previously under a long-term lease.

Under an agreement with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Riot will gradually introduce computing AI capabilities for the partner from January to May 2026.

In subsequent expansions, the mining company will provide AMD access to 200 MW. Riot also has an additional contracted capacity of 700 MW.

“I am pleased to announce the significant progress we have made, which expands our fully approved power supply portfolio for our data center to 1.7 GW and, through the signing of the lease agreement with AMD, firmly establishes Rockdale as a leading development hub. This partnership reinforces Riot’s infrastructure, expansion capabilities, site attractiveness, availability of surplus capacity, and our ability to offer innovative solutions to meet the needs of leading tenants,” stated CEO Jason Les.

Bitcoin miner CleanSpark has finalized an agreement to purchase a plot of land approximately 181 acres in Brazoria County, Texas.

This acquisition is expected to enable the company to expand its computing capacity by a total of 600 MW, with the deal scheduled to close in the first quarter of 2026.

“The demand for scalable, AI-native computing continues to accelerate, while access to transmission-level power in strategically advantageous regions is becoming increasingly limited,” remarked CleanSpark’s Chairman and CEO Matt Schultz.

Infrastructure AI services provider CoreWeave has deployed 16,000 graphics processors in a Texas data center to support AI startup OpenAI, as reported by The Information.

The equipment installation at the facility in Denton, Texas, faced delays, attributed to issues with a third-party contractor.

According to plans, the data center, owned by the company’s partner and bitcoin miner Core Scientific, will be transformed from a cryptocurrency mining operation into a facility servicing the AI sector, with an investment totaling approximately $6.1 billion.

It’s worth noting that the tech giant Google has acquired a stake in Cipher Mining, a cryptocurrency mining company. The corporation also became the largest shareholder in another mining industry player, TeraWulf.