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Riot Rockdale Campus
Partially operational Under construction
United States · 2 projects · Last reported
Summary
Riot Platforms Rockdale data center campus
Riot Platforms bitcoin mining facility on about 200 acres in Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, with a 700 MW grid interconnection, being converted for AI data center tenants. In January 2026 Riot bought the land it had leased and signed AMD for 25 MW of critical IT load, later expanded to 50 MW; the first 25 MW was commissioned in May 2026. In August 2026 Riot signed a 20-year, build-to-suit lease with an unnamed frontier AI lab for 191 MW of critical IT load worth about USD 9.1 billion, with 96 MW due in December 2027 and the rest by June 2028, and put expected capital spending on that build at USD 2.1 to 2.3 billion.
Source record as of 2026-08-10 · Details and sources
Riot Rockdale AMD Expansion Phases 3 and 4
The issuer reports ongoing construction of AMD's second deployment at Rockdale, expressly separating the completed initial deployment from the remaining expansion. evidence
Riot Platforms, Inc. · published 2026-08-10
Location
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Projects (2)
Riot Platforms Rockdale data center campus
Partially operational last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, US. Filings place the facility in Rockdale, Milam County, without an address. Coordinates are the Rockdale city point from its Wikipedia article. Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Wikipedia
Use: Ai unspecified, Crypto mining
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | 700 MW | Operational · Campus · Grid connection | 2026-08-10 | Existing grid interconnection, described as fully approved in the August 2026 release; Riot intends to convert the full 700 MW gross for data center tenants, and the 10-Q says the site currently serves both bitcoin mining and data center leasing. | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR |
| Power capacity | 191 MW | Contracted · Phase · It load · Frontier AI lab lease (96 MW then 95 MW) | 2026-08-10 | Build-to-suit Tier 3 data center; 96 MW expected December 2027 and full capacity by June 2028. | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR |
| Power capacity | 50 MW | Contracted · Phase · It load · AMD lease (phases 1-4) | 2026-08-10 | Initial 25 MW commissioned; a further 25 MW under construction in two steps, 10 MW in November 2026 and 15 MW in May 2027. | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR |
| Power capacity | 25 MW | Operational · Phase · It load · AMD initial deployment | 2026-08-10 | Retrofit deployment planned in phases from January to May 2026 and reported commissioned in May 2026. | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR |
| Power capacity | 391 MW | Planned · Campus · It load | 2026-08-10 | Riot's total potential IT capacity at Rockdale: the 191 MW lab lease, 50 MW contracted by AMD and 150 MW of potential AMD expansion. | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR |
| Investment | 96,000,000 USD | Reported · Campus | 2026-01-16 | Purchase price of the 200-acre site, paid by selling about 1,080 bitcoin. | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR |
| Investment | 89,800,000 USD | Announced · Phase · AMD initial 25 MW retrofit | 2026-01-16 | Retrofit capital expenditure for the initial AMD deployment, about USD 3.6 million per MW. | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR |
| Investment | 2,100,000,000–2,300,000,000 USD | Announced · Phase · Frontier AI lab build-to-suit (191 MW IT) | 2026-08-10 | Expected capital expenditure for the lab buildout in Riot's Q2 2026 earnings deck, consistent with its illustrative USD 11 to 12 million per IT MW; Riot expects USD 1.7 to 2.1 billion of it to be debt financed. | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR |
| Land area | about 200 acres | Acquired · Campus | 2026-01-16 | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riot Platforms | Developer | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR | |
| Riot Platforms | Owner | Bought the roughly 200-acre site in fee simple in January 2026 after operating it under a long-term ground lease. | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR |
| Riot Platforms | Operator | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR | |
| AMD | Tenant | First data center tenant: an initial 25 MW of critical IT load on a 10-year term, expanded to 50 MW, with further options and a right of first refusal. | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | Site acquired | Actual | Riot completed the fee simple purchase of the land under the facility for USD 96.0 million. | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR |
| 2026-01-16 | Announced | Actual | First data center lease signed with AMD, and Riot said it would convert the full 700 MW for data center use. | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR |
| 2026-05 | Other | Actual | Initial 25 MW for AMD fully commissioned and delivered. | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR |
| 2026-08-10 | Expansion announced | Actual | 20-year lease for 191 MW of critical IT load signed with an unnamed frontier AI lab, backed by a USD 573 million interim facility from Morgan Stanley. | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR |
| 2027-12 | Other | Planned | Expected delivery of the first 96 MW for the frontier AI lab. | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR |
| 2028-06 | Fully operational | Planned | Expected full deployment of the 191 MW lab lease; AMD's 50 MW is due to be fully deployed by May 2027. | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Grid | Existing 700 MW grid interconnection, with dedicated water supply and fiber, reused for the data center leases. | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR |
Riot does not name the frontier AI lab; it is not listed as a party. The lab lease carries two five-year extensions that would lift potential contract revenue to about USD 16.1 billion, and a USD 573 million Morgan Stanley interim facility funds early development. The facility still serves bitcoin mining alongside the data center leases, per the Q2 2026 10-Q.
Sources for these details
- Riot announces fee simple acquisition of land and first data center lease with AMD at the Rockdale Site (Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1) — Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; 2026-01-16
- Riot Platforms, Inc. annual report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 — Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; 2026-03-02 · Archived source
- Riot Platforms reports second quarter 2026 financial results and strategic highlights (Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1) — Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; 2026-08-10
- Riot Platforms Q2 2026 earnings deck (Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.2) — Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; 2026-08-10
- Riot Platforms, Inc. quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2026 — Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR; 2026-08-10 · Archived source
- Rockdale, Texas — Wikipedia; publication date not stated · Archived source
- Companies
- Developer: Riot Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Riot Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Owner: Riot Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Owner: Riot Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Operator: Riot Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Operator: Riot Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Tenant: AMD (unknown scope) evidence
- Tenant: AMD (unknown scope) evidence
- Tenant: AMD (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- Riot Platforms reports second quarter 2026 financial results and strategic highlights (Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1) evidence row
Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR · published 2026-08-10 · Regulatory filing - Locator
- Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality evidence
- Source checks
Not reviewed against imagery not_
reviewed
No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 78 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Riot Rockdale AMD Expansion Phases 3 and 4
Under construction last observed as of · Authoritative status update
Source and location review
- Status source
- Riot reports AMD second deployment under construction at Rockdale evidence row
Riot Platforms, Inc. · published 2026-08-10 · Company disclosure - Locator
- Campus locator · Official source · official_address_reference_point evidence
- Source checks
Not reviewed against imagery not_
reviewed_ for_ core_ preview
No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 78 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 30.57590, -97.07886
- Geometry licence
- no-open-license-asserted
- Use scope
- Campus locator
- Scope class
- official_address_reference_point
- Authority
- Official source
- Source entity
- Campus
- Method
- native_EPSG3857_to_EPSG4326_inverse_Web_Mercator
- Derivation
- official_named_address_point
- Precision scope
- One official state-aggregated site/structure address reference point matched to the exact facility address. Not a campus boundary, parcel, surveyed point, active AMD work footprint, entrance or precise building marker. Decimal places preserve calculation only.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
Originating point placement and numeric positional accuracy are unspecified. Projection operation accuracy is also unavailable; no precision inferred.
- Geometry evidence
- 05b0646a 97d5f7f7 9e5d4ed7 a84487b4 ac66c257
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debtors' filed motion identifies the Riot Facility street address Archived copy | Rhodium debtors and Special Committee; public court docket via Verita Government record | Geometry identity context, Site distinctness context | no-open-license-asserted | Rhodium debtors and Special Committee; public court docket via Verita | a7b5e45dd7dabfd839f8aee9181f1d9789829f680f493a04fac03786aff540b5Retained source material; see source provenance | ||
| Official statewide address service provenance Archived copy | Texas Geographic Information Office; Various 911 Districts Government record | Site distinctness context, Geometry | not stated | no-open-license-asserted | Texas Geographic Information Office; Various 911 Districts | e49562f680f01a1814a2d2b40b7a7b6b804d41ddf9314aff29743d0aa80500d9Retained source material; see source provenance | |
| Operator distinguishes existing Rockdale infrastructure from expansion Archived copy | Riot Platforms, Inc. Company disclosure | Geometry identity context, Site distinctness context | not stated | no-open-license-asserted | Riot Platforms, Inc. | e7e2de36f19756e49845ef8e1b7bd0d5c744074154ad2012114cbaf813b019ebRetained source material; see source provenance | |
| Riot announces fee simple acquisition of land and first data center lease with AMD at the Rockdale Site (Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1) Archived copy | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR Regulatory filing | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Investment, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Announced, Milestone: Site Acquired, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer, Owner claim, Tenant claim | source-terms-not-recorded | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR | 7a50bb738a7c161724b7ab1fc560137bbca6ffd55932dfde5c6fdcb30a22bd5fFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Riot binds Whinstone and Rhodium assets to its Rockdale facility Archived copy | Riot Platforms, Inc. Company disclosure | Geometry identity context, Site distinctness context | no-open-license-asserted | Riot Platforms, Inc. | 861150f42a78f7a8e1084f1a5d92a03ab8e5f938e3e87993598f3e81261a9527Retained source material; see source provenance | ||
| Riot official recent release chronology successor check Archived copy | Riot Platforms, Inc. Company disclosure | Geometry identity context, Site distinctness context | not stated | no-open-license-asserted | Riot Platforms, Inc. | 1d0eabd5a37967a50c43f42eb455da43f2299f843bb328a6066e6d856fd33becRetained source material; see source provenance | |
| Riot Platforms Q2 2026 earnings deck (Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.2) Archived copy | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR Regulatory filing | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Investment, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Tenant claim | source-terms-not-recorded | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR | 06ef44f4fe1b0bc3a771799fc300b11e8bc9e42818170c10b4416dbce022c5eeFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Riot Platforms reports second quarter 2026 financial results and strategic highlights (Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1) Archived copy | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR Regulatory filing | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Expansion Announced, Milestone: Fully Operational, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer, Tenant claim | source-terms-not-recorded | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR | fbbb736ff9d3fd61656530fd26c35e88d66e0aca73dceb97d06d927049802389Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Riot Platforms, Inc. annual report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 Archived copy | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR Regulatory filing | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Operator claim, Owner claim | source-terms-not-recorded | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR | c70674066efabe9a6e1987048dea34c3f7a829ce7d606f5c2bee16ce60e88d4eFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Riot Platforms, Inc. quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2026 Archived copy | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR Regulatory filing | Imported: Record, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Expansion Announced, Milestone: Fully Operational, Milestone: Other, Operator claim | source-terms-not-recorded | Riot Platforms, Inc. via SEC EDGAR | f47315be8fff9f06934d73dcd188073586726685653944654f13832cd086d49eFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Riot reports AMD second deployment under construction at Rockdale Archived copy | Riot Platforms, Inc. Company disclosure | Geometry identity context, Site distinctness context, Physical status | no-open-license-asserted | Riot Platforms, Inc. | 88dab2825f71b73ed27e382d82fc3078a63f608b892b42d8188a472f6644cf01Retained source material; see source provenance | ||
| Rockdale, Texas Archived copy | Wikipedia Other | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Wikipedia | 7b80851ee6af12294267937d1b19d096d6bc5e6d4f8f4655f762b201b079fe57Factual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Texas Water Development Board copying policy Archived copy | Texas Geographic Information Office / Texas Water Development Board Government record | Site distinctness context, Geometry | not stated | no-open-license-asserted | Texas Geographic Information Office / Texas Water Development Board | d0ec5663f31b7a4acfacfe8aaaf394ae0e4ba795e364640af24b78e4b19935b9Retained source material; see source provenance | |
| TxGIO address-layer schema and native CRS Archived copy | Texas Geographic Information Office Government record | Site distinctness context, Geometry | not stated | no-open-license-asserted | Texas Geographic Information Office | f3585317c3d32f3f057b47c57927319649e39521b1ed03a73fc4d0f4195cff46Retained source material; see source provenance | |
| TxGIO defines authoritative address points and public-use scope Archived copy | Texas Geographic Information Office Government record | Site distinctness context, Geometry | not stated | no-open-license-asserted | Texas Geographic Information Office | b5dd580ef8a34f7b4dd0420e36fcb1be93b605867d808b63ec5a173e60d99789Retained source material; see source provenance | |
| TxGIO exact Charles Martin Hall Road address point Archived copy | Texas Geographic Information Office; CSEC originating data Government record | Site distinctness context, Geometry | not stated | no-open-license-asserted | Texas Geographic Information Office; CSEC originating data | f5595a3f3c789546e7ea2d1397028b62af1eeffa22c35319ca4fab64671fed16Retained source material; see source provenance |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Riot Rockdale Campus [site vcc-site-3dedcd29014f493a2abb]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-3dedcd29014f493a2abb/
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