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Riot Platforms Calvert City Facility
Calvert City, Marshall County, Kentucky · All 4 Riot Platforms sites
Riot Platforms Calvert City Facility is an operating crypto mining site in Calvert City, Kentucky (Marshall County), operated by Riot Platforms. The public record puts it at 25 MW operating.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Riot Platforms
- Facility type
- Crypto mining
- Location
- Calvert City, Marshall County, KY
- Coordinates
- 37.0334, -88.3500 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 25 MW operating
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- 2024OperatingRiot has operated the ~25 MW Calvert City, KY data center since a 2024 acquisition (Block Mining Kentucky portfolio). Source: SEC EDGAR
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of July 17, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Riot Platforms Calvert City Facility in Calvert City, Marshall County, Kentucky appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Notes on the record
~25 MW bitcoin mining data center near Calvert City, Marshall County, KY. Riot's second Kentucky site (with Paducah), operated since a 2024 acquisition (part of the Block Mining Kentucky portfolio totaling ~137 MW developed). Coordinates are Calvert City approximate.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Core Scientific Calvert City Data Center (Calvert 1, 2 & 3) · Calvert City · Core Scientificunder 1 mile · Operating · 150 MW
- Riot Platforms Paducah Facility · Paducah · Riot Platforms20 mi · Operating · 100 MW
- Paducah Site AI Data Center Campus · Kevil · Brookfield26 mi · Proposed · 1.8 GW
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Riot Platforms Calvert City Facility in Calvert City?
Nothing on record as of July 17, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Riot Platforms Calvert City Facility in Calvert City, Marshall County, Kentucky appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Riot Platforms Calvert City Facility?
No lawsuit over Riot Platforms Calvert City Facility appears in the record we track as of July 17, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Riot Platforms Calvert City Facility use?
No water withdrawal figure for Riot Platforms Calvert City Facility is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Riot Platforms Calvert City Facility, and how big is it?
Riot Platforms is the operator on record. We hold 4 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 25 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Riot Platforms Calvert City Facility," updated July 17, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/riot-calvert-city-marshall-ky.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/riot-calvert-city-marshall-ky, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Riot Platforms FY2025 Form 10-K, Block Mining (two operational Kentucky sites, ~137 MW developed) · SEC EDGAR · retrieved July 17, 2026
- 2.Riot Platforms Kentucky operations (Paducah + Calvert City) · Data Center Map · retrieved July 17, 2026
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