Riot Platforms signs a $9 billion AI data center deal with Anthropic

Riot Platforms shares jumped over 20% before U.S. markets opened on Tuesday, following reports that Anthropic is the buyer behind a $9.1 billion, 20-year deal to lease AI computing capacity from the Bitcoin miner’s Texas campus. When Riot Platforms announced the deal on Monday, it did not reveal the other party, calling the tenant only...