Anthropic strikes $9B compute deal with Bitcoin miner Riot: Report

Anthropic has entered into a significant twenty-year cloud computing agreement with Riot Platforms, a company previously focused on bitcoin mining. The deal is valued at approximately $9.1 billion and provides the developer of Claude with substantial computing power. Specifically, the arrangement grants Anthropic access to 191 megawatts of capacity located at the Rockdale campus in Texas, ensuring the AI firm has the necessary infrastructure to support its extensive operational requirements for computing power.