Riot Platforms said it has signed a 20-year agreement to supply a “leading edge AI” company with 191 megawatts of power from its Rockdale, Texas campus, according to a statement issued on Monday.

According to a Bloomberg report carried by people familiar with the deal, the customer is Anthropic, and the agreement is worth about $9 billion.

This step comes at a time when the list of Bitcoin mining companies moving toward artificial intelligence and high-performance computing is expanding, with names such as Bitdeer, CleanSpark, MARA Holdings, Core Scientific, Hut 8, and IREN.

The deal also reflects how the energy capacity associated with mining can be transformed into a desirable asset for enterprise computing firms—especially in markets like Texas, where competition for electrical capacity and ready-to-operate infrastructure is increasing.

Anthropic also signed another deal worth $19 billion on July 6 to lease a data center for 20 years from Bitcoin miner TeraWulf.

On the market front, Riot shares fell 5.4% on Monday, before rising by more than 21% in after-hours trading. The stock has also gained more than 53% since the start of the year, according to Yahoo Finance data.

Riot is ranked as the world’s fourth-largest Bitcoin mining company by market value, which stands at $7.33 billion, according to CompaniesMarketCap data.

In a report issued on July 23 and shared by Bernstein, it was confirmed that partnerships between AI companies and Bitcoin miners are necessary to help address the power capacity crunch that is straining AI data centers.

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