# Riot Rockdale

ERCOT data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/riot-rockdale

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.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: campus
- Location: 2721 Charles Martin Hall Rd, Thorndale, Milam County, TX
- Owner: Riot Platforms, Inc. (campus) — https://www.riotplatforms.com/
- Operator: Riot Platforms, Inc. (campus) — https://www.riotplatforms.com/
- Developer: Riot Platforms, Inc. (campus) — https://www.riotplatforms.com/
- Tenant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (campus)

## Power and grid context

- Campus gross power: 700 MW · operating · campus · as of 2026-03-31 — Developed power capacity available at the Rockdale campus for Bitcoin mining and data-center workloads.
- Utility service: 700 MW · reported · campus · as of 2026-01-16 — Grid interconnection capacity identified by Riot for the Rockdale Site; this is distinct from contracted or critical-IT-load capacity.
- Contracted power: 345 MW · contracted · campus · as of 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.
- Critical it load: 25 MW · contracted · campus · AMD initial deployment · as of 2026-01-16 — AMD lease initial deployment of critical IT load capacity at the Rockdale Site.
- Critical it load: 200 MW · target · campus · AMD potential expansion · as of 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.
- ISO/RTO: ERCOT
- Balancing authority: ERCOT
- Electric utility: Oncor Electric Delivery Company
- Point of interconnection: Sandow Switch
- Substation: Sandow Switch (nearby delivery/interconnection facility)

## Development

- Site status: Operating; Riot reports approximately 700 MW of developed capacity for Bitcoin mining and data-center leasing, supported by seven buildings using air- and immersion-cooling systems.
- Site area: 200 acres
- Buildings: 7
- Construction: Riot's Rockdale campus began construction in 2019 and was operational by 2020. The campus was fully developed by 2023, with seven buildings comprising five air-cooled and two immersion-cooled facilities and up to 700 MW of developed capacity.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: ai_hpc, crypto_mining
- Workloads: Bitcoin mining, data-center leasing and operations, AI/HPC workloads
- Announced tenants: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD)
- Critical IT load: 25 MW
- Operating context: Riot operates Rockdale as a mixed Bitcoin-mining and data-center campus. It has seven buildings with immersion- and air-cooled systems, and Riot is retrofitting existing infrastructure for AMD’s high-performance-computing and AI-related deployment while pursuing broader data-center use.

## Sources

- [http://cell.com/cell-reports-sustainability/fulltext/S2949-7906%2823%2900004-6](http://cell.com/cell-reports-sustainability/fulltext/S2949-7906%2823%2900004-6)
- [http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/riot-platforms-rockdale-57efe91f](http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/riot-platforms-rockdale-57efe91f)
- [http://datacenterhawk.com/marketplace/providers/riot-platforms/2721-charles-martin-hall-road/rockdale](http://datacenterhawk.com/marketplace/providers/riot-platforms/2721-charles-martin-hall-road/rockdale)
- [http://datacentermap.com/usa/texas/austin/riot-patforms-rockdale](http://datacentermap.com/usa/texas/austin/riot-patforms-rockdale)
- [http://riotplatforms.com/locations/rockdale](http://riotplatforms.com/locations/rockdale)
- [http://riotplatforms.com/riot-announces-fee-simple-acquisition-of-land-and-first-data-center-lease-with-amd-at-the-rockdale-site](http://riotplatforms.com/riot-announces-fee-simple-acquisition-of-land-and-first-data-center-lease-with-amd-at-the-rockdale-site)
- [http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000110465926053120/riot-20260331x10q.htm](http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000110465926053120/riot-20260331x10q.htm)
- [http://tceq.texas.gov/](http://tceq.texas.gov/)
- [http://texastribune.org/2026/04/08/texas-data-centers-sales-tax-break-billion-dollars](http://texastribune.org/2026/04/08/texas-data-centers-sales-tax-break-billion-dollars)
- [milam county commissioners court0114 pg0788](https://cms2.revize.com/revize/milamcountytx/MINUTES%2001-12-2026.pdf?t=202601301651560)
- [Data Centers in Texas](https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/data-centers/data-center-lists.php)
- [Riot Platforms Rockdale | 2721 Charles Martin Hall Road, Austin - datacenterHawk](https://datacenterhawk.com/marketplace/providers/riot-platforms/2721-charles-martin-hall-road/rockdale)
- [Riot Platforms Rockdale Facility: 700 MW data center in Milam, TX | Data Center Tracker](https://morethanjustparks.com/data-center-tracker/riot-platforms-rockdale-facility-tx--e1d941ea-a5d5-4133-933a-37ce836bdb4a)
- [Fetched web page](https://rockdalemdd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2023-Strategic-Plan-Document.pdf)
- ['We do not want this': Texas town group protests Riot Blockchain's Bitcoin mining facility](https://techxplore.com/news/2022-06-texas-town-group-protests-riot.html)
- [Texas paid $31 million to bitcoin miner to cut energy usage](https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/texas-bitcoin-riot-ercot-grid-energy-18352398.php)
- [Riot to convert cryptomine site in Texas to HPC, signs ...](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/riot-to-convert-cryptomine-site-in-texas-to-hpc-signs-25mw-lease-with-amd/) — Data Center Dynamics · 2026-01-19
- [Riot Patforms Rockdale Data Center in Austin (700 MW)](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/texas/austin/riot-patforms-rockdale/)
- [Riot Patforms Rockdale - Specs](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/texas/austin/riot-patforms-rockdale/specs/)
- [Muscovy and Voss Lake 345/138-kV Project (25RPG009) – ...](https://www.ercot.com/files/docs/2026/04/10/5_EIR-Oncor-and-LCRA-TSC-Muscovy-Voss-_StatusUpdate_April2026_RPG.pdf)
- [Riot Platforms: The Company Behind the Most Energy Intensive Bitcoin Mine in the U.S. - Greenpeace - Greenpeace](https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/riot-platforms-the-company-behind-the-most-energy-intensive-bitcoin-mine-in-the-u-s/) — Greenpeace USA · 2023-10-19
- [Riot Platforms |](https://www.riotplatforms.com/)
- [Data Centers | Riot Platforms](https://www.riotplatforms.com/datacenters/)
- [Grid Support | Riot Platforms](https://www.riotplatforms.com/grid-support/)
- [Rockdale | Riot Platforms](https://www.riotplatforms.com/locations/rockdale/)
- [Riot Announces Fee Simple Acquisition of Land and First Data Center Lease with AMD at the Rockdale Site | Riot Platforms](https://www.riotplatforms.com/riot-announces-fee-simple-acquisition-of-land-and-first-data-center-lease-with-amd-at-the-rockdale-site/)
- [RIOT PLATFORMS, INC._December 31, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000110465926022322/riot-20251231x10k.htm)
- [RIOT PLATFORMS, INC._March 31, 2026](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000110465926053120/riot-20260331x10q.htm)
- [Fetched web page](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000155837025004979/riot-20241231xars.pdf)
- [RIOT PLATFORMS, INC._March 31, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000155837025006119/riot-20250331x10q.htm)
- [AMD eyes $1 billion data center deal in this small Texas town](https://www.statesman.com/business/technology/article/amd-data-center-rockdale-texas-21305481.php) — Austin American-Statesman · 2026-01-21

## Data quality

- The exact asset is Riot's Rockdale campus at 2721 Charles Martin Hall Road. Reporting about Riot's Corsicana/Navarro County project, Hood County facilities, or unrelated operators was excluded.
- The Austin American-Statesman provides the strongest location match by identifying 2721 Charles Martin Hall Road and Riot's 200-acre campus. The Data Center Dynamics article identifies the Rockdale campus but does not provide the street address.
- Noise and environmental-impact claims come from advocacy or third-party tracker sources rather than neutral primary government findings. The tracker expressly warns that its entries may be incomplete, provisional, or inaccurate.
- No unsupported conclusions are made about water use, PUE, WUE, building counts, equipment, or unreported commercial terms.
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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