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Riot Platforms Whinstone Facility
Rockdale, Milam County, Texas · All 4 Riot Platforms sites
Riot Platforms Whinstone Facility is an operating crypto mining site in Rockdale, Texas (Milam County), operated by Riot Platforms. The public record puts it at 750 MW planned, a reported $651 million investment.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Riot Platforms
- Facility type
- Crypto mining
- Location
- Rockdale, Milam County, TX
- Coordinates
- 30.6549, -97.0025
- Power capacity
- 450 MW operating; 750 MW planned
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- $651 million
- 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
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of July 10, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Riot Platforms Whinstone Facility in Rockdale, Milam County, Texas 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
Acquired by Riot (then Riot Blockchain) from Northern Data AG, deal closed May 26, 2021. Operational capacity figure is date-unstable across sources: a Nov 2024 Greenpeace report cites 450 MW, while a Jan 2026 Riot release describing a new AMD data-center lease references a 700 MW site interconnection tied to site expansion. Recorded here as operational: 450 MW (earlier-confirmed baseline) with planned: 750 MW reflecting the site's AI/HPC-adjacent expansion (AMD lease) as of Jan 2026, the site is mid-expansion and figures should be treated as approximate pending a fully reconciled capacity disclosure. Coordinates are Rockdale, TX city-center (not facility-exact), no facility-specific coordinates were found in any source this pass.
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.
- Bitdeer Rockdale Facility · Rockdale · Bitdeerunder 1 mile · Operating · 170 MW
- Stargate Milam County Campus · OpenAI / SoftBank (SB Energy)14 mi · Under construction · 1.2 GW · Supported
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Riot Platforms Whinstone Facility in Rockdale?
Nothing on record as of July 10, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Riot Platforms Whinstone Facility in Rockdale, Milam County, Texas 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 Whinstone Facility?
No lawsuit over Riot Platforms Whinstone Facility appears in the record we track as of July 10, 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 Whinstone Facility use?
No water withdrawal figure for Riot Platforms Whinstone 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 Whinstone 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 750 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Riot Platforms Whinstone Facility," updated July 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/riot-platforms-rockdale-tx.
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-platforms-rockdale-tx, 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 to Acquire Whinstone, Creating a U.S.-Based Industry Leader in Bitcoin Mining · Riot Platforms · retrieved July 10, 2026
- 2.Riot Blockchain Whinstone acquisition closing (SEC filing exhibit) · SEC EDGAR · retrieved July 10, 2026
- 3.Riot Platforms: The Company Behind the Most Energy-Intensive Bitcoin Mine in the U.S. · Greenpeace USA · retrieved July 10, 2026
- 4.Riot Announces Fee-Simple Acquisition of Land and First Data Center Lease with AMD at the Rockdale Site · GlobeNewswire · retrieved July 10, 2026
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