Riot Platforms, traditionally known as a large-scale Bitcoin mining company, has reported its first material revenue from a new data center and AI infrastructure business, underscoring a strategic shift away from reliance on mining alone. In its Q1 2026 results, Riot generated about $167.2 million in total revenue, of which roughly $33.2 million came from its newly launched data center segment, alongside around $111.9 million from core Bitcoin mining and about $22.2 million from engineering and infrastructure services. This marks the debut quarter in which data center hosting contributes meaningfully to Riot’s top line and reflects early traction in offering infrastructure services tailored to high-performance computing and AI workloads. A key driver of this pivot is a long-term hosting relationship with AMD. During the quarter, Riot disclosed that AMD exercised an option to double its contracted critical IT capacity from 25 megawatts to 50 megawatts at Riot’s facilities, under a 10‑year lease that is expected to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in contracted revenue over its term. This expansion is being interpreted as external validation of Riot’s large-scale data center buildout and its ability to serve AI and advanced computing clients, providing more stable, contracted cash flows than the inherently volatile Bitcoin mining business. At the same time, Riot’s mining economics remain pressured: including depreciation, the reported cost to mine one bitcoin was about $96,283, exceeding the average realized value per coin, and the company recorded a net loss of roughly $500 million, highlighting why diversification into AI‑oriented digital infrastructure is strategically significant.

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