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Riot Rockdale AI/HPC data center conversion
Riot Platforms (Riot Rockdale, LLC)
- Status
- Approved (tax abatement)
- Developer / parties
- Riot Platforms (Riot Rockdale, LLC)
- Location
- Rockdale, Milam County
- Size
- 241 MW critical IT contracted: AMD 50 MW + frontier AI lab 191 MW (company figure, Riot Q2 2026 release)
- Last verified
- 2026-10-03
Milestones
- Jan 12 2026 minutes list a public hearing and action item on the proposed Riot Rockdale abatement (outcome not recorded)
- Jan 27 2026 presentation and executive session on Riot (minutes)
- Feb 9 2026 minutes again list the public hearing and action item
- KXXV reports commissioners approved a 75% / 10-yr abatement, Riot pays 25% of property taxes from 2028 (PILOT), Comm. Payne the lone no vote
- Aug 10 2026 Riot announced 20-yr 191 MW lease with unnamed frontier AI lab, full deployment expected Jun 2028 (company)
Related records
2026-08-10
Company announcement Company claim
Riot announces 20-yr, 191 MW critical IT lease with unnamed frontier AI lab at Rockdale; 241 MW contracted in total.
Source: globenewswire.com ↗2026-02-09
Tax abatement Official record
Minutes list public hearing and action on Riot Rockdale abatement; KXXV reports approval, 75%/10 yrs, Payne lone no.
Source: quorum.sparqdata.com ↗2026-01-12
Commissioners court Official record
Minutes list public hearing and action item on proposed Riot Rockdale tax abatement; outcome not recorded.
Source: quorum.sparqdata.com ↗Sources
- Official record quorum.sparqdata.com
- Official record quorum.sparqdata.com
- Official record quorum.sparqdata.com
- News report kxxv.com
- Company claim globenewswire.com
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