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Riot Platforms Reports $33.2 Million Data Center Revenue as AMD Doubles Capacity

Riot reported $167.2 million in first-quarter revenue as AMD doubled contracted capacity at its Rockdale, Texas site from 25 MW to 50 MW, highlighting growing data center activity alongside its core Bitcoin mining business.

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Fact Check
Every specific figure in the claim is directly confirmed by the official Riot Platforms press release (riotplatforms.com, April 30, 2026) and corroborated by multiple independent credible sources. The $33.2 million data center revenue figure is confirmed as Q1 2026's debut data center revenue. The $167.2 million total Q1 revenue and $111.9 million Bitcoin mining revenue are confirmed by The Block and crypto.news. AMD's capacity expansion from 25 MW to 50 MW is confirmed as AMD exercising an option for an additional 25 MW, exactly doubling the original contracted capacity. There are no conflicting figures across any of the sources reviewed.
Summary

Riot Platforms reported $33.2 million in first-quarter data center revenue and $167.2 million in total revenue, including $111.9 million from Bitcoin mining. The company said AMD exercised an option to double contracted capacity at Riot’s Rockdale, Texas site from 25 megawatts to 50 megawatts. Riot also disclosed holdings of 15,679 Bitcoin valued at about $1.2 billion. Separately, according to a post by Bitcoin News on X, Riot shares rose 8% after the AMD expansion drew attention to the company’s growing data center and AI-related infrastructure activity alongside its mining operations.

Terms & Concepts
  • Megawatt (MW): A unit of power capacity commonly used to measure data center and mining infrastructure scale.
  • Bitcoin mining: The process of using computing power to validate blockchain transactions and earn Bitcoin rewards.
  • AI data centers: Facilities built to support artificial intelligence workloads, typically requiring large-scale computing power, cooling, and electricity.