The trick: Headline Over Filing
Headlines say Anthropic signed a $9.1 billion deal.
Riot's SEC filing names no customer. The $9.1 billion runs 20 years to 2048.
Anthropic signed a $9.1 billion compute deal with Riot Platforms for 191MW of capacity.
Before you read on. Your call?
TRUE, BUT
20 years
Riot's 8-K filing with the SEC on August 10 describes the customer as a "leading frontier AI company." It does not name Anthropic. Bloomberg attached the name citing "people familiar with the matter." Neither company has officially confirmed the counterparty. The $9.1 billion is a 20-year lease running to June 2048, which is $455 million per year. First capacity: 96MW by December 2027. Full 191MW by June 2028.
The twist
Riot stock surged 25% on the headline number. The headline number is a cumulative 20-year figure for a customer the company will not name in its own SEC filing.
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The trick has a name
We call it Headline Over Filing: the document underneath says something else. You'll see it again. Learn to spot it →
Receipts
- Supports finance.yahoo.com:
Riot's Rockdale, Texas, campus will supply 191 megawatts of IT capacity under the terms of the 20-year lease, which extends through June 2048.
- Refutes coindesk.com:
The 20-year agreement gives Anthropic 191 megawatts of computing capacity
- Context datacenterdynamics.com:
Riot Platforms agrees 191MW, 20-year lease agreement with Anthropic
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