Riot Rockdale
Operating
Operating
Riot Platforms owns and operates the Riot Rockdale campus near Thorndale, Texas—a 200-acre facility with seven buildings (five air-cooled, two immersion-cooled) that came online in 2020 and reached full development by 2023. The campus delivers 700 MW of developed gross power capacity for Bitcoin mining and data-center leasing. Riot has contracted 345 MW under long-term fixed-price PPAs (130 MW in 2020, 65 MW and 150 MW in 2022), while Advanced Micro Devices has secured an initial 25 MW critical IT load deployment with a potential expansion option to 200 MW.
Rockdale campus operational from 2020; full development was reached by 2023. The campus has seven buildings: five air-cooled and two immersion-cooled. The 700 MW represents developed capacity, not a separately announced new construction phase.
| Capacity | Basis | Status | Scope | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 700 MW | Campus Gross Power | Operating | Campus | 2026-03-31 |
| Developed power capacity available at the Rockdale campus for Bitcoin mining and data-center workloads. | ||||
| 700 MW | Utility Service | Reported | Campus | 2026-01-16 |
| Grid interconnection capacity identified by Riot for the Rockdale Site; this is distinct from contracted or critical-IT-load capacity. | ||||
| 345 MW | Contracted Power | Contracted | Campus | 2025-12-31 |
| Long-term fixed-price Rockdale PPA capacity: 130 MW contracted in 2020, 65 MW in 2022, and 150 MW in 2022; additional market-priced power may also be purchased. | ||||
| 25 MW | Critical IT Load | Contracted | AMD initial deployment | 2026-01-16 |
| AMD lease initial deployment of critical IT load capacity at the Rockdale Site. | ||||
| 200 MW | Critical IT Load | Target | AMD potential expansion | 2026-01-16 |
| Potential total AMD critical-IT-load capacity if the stated expansion option and right of first refusal are exercised; not current delivered capacity. | ||||
Also reported as Rockdale Facility, Riot Platforms Rockdale Facility, Rockdale Site.
Reports that Riot purchased the northern portion of the former Alcoa site at 2721 Charles Martin Hall Road for a 200-acre data-center campus, selected AMD as its first tenant, and is pursuing a long-term redevelopment plan. It also reports estimated employment and Milam County consideration of performance-based incentives.
Trade coverage reports that Riot acquired 200 acres at its Rockdale campus and would lease capacity there to AMD as part of the site's conversion toward high-performance computing.
An advocacy report specifically discusses Riot's Rockdale mine and criticizes noise, grid, emissions, tax incentives, and claimed job outcomes. These are attributable advocacy claims rather than independently adjudicated findings.