Bitcoin miners turn to AI data centres: Riot–Anthropic deal and MARA's move

Aug 11, 2026 · Issue 2 · 2 sources, 2 articles

Riot and Anthropic have agreed an AI deal worth about $9 billion. MARA sold $1.5 billion of bitcoin and is turning its business strategy towards AI, energy and data centres.

Who is affected and how

energy specialist

Leasing mining sites with available power capacity to AI data centres is a new source of demand for megawatts.

Sources

• Riot and Anthropic's AI deal worth about 9 billion dollars | Cryptofalkacryptofalka.hu · Aug 11, 2026 · magyar
• MARA sold 1.5 billion dollars' worth of Bitcoin – the mining giant turns to AIprofitline.hu · Aug 13, 2026 · magyar

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