Riot Platforms Rockdale Facility in Texas

Riot Platforms' Rockdale facility, known as Whinstone, occupies a former Alcoa aluminum-smelter site in Milam County. TYPE3’s map data lists Riot Platforms, Inc. as operator and classifies the campus as an operating crypto-mining data center. Construction began in 2019, and Riot says operations began by 2020. Its current Rockdale location page describes 700 MW of developed capacity across seven buildings, with both immersion-cooled and air-cooled systems.

Riot identifies Rockdale as its flagship location and says the campus has on-site engineering and maintenance teams. It describes the site as fully operational, with a track record of 24/7 operations at scale, and notes independent substation management through E4A. Its infrastructure can support other data-center uses, but that capability does not establish a live AI conversion or current customer allocation.

Riot's 700 MW is developed capacity for the site, not a reading of always-on mining demand, delivered IT load, or available capacity for a new customer. TYPE3’s map data separately records a 191 MW AI data-center lease claim that requires its own current source. Riot's location page supports the campus identity, operating description, buildings, systems, and timeline. A dated filing or customer announcement is still needed for a stronger statement about present AI use or utilization.