Riot Platforms (RIOT) reported sturdy operational efficiency in March 2025, highlighted by continued enlargement into the factitious intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) sector.
The corporate’s bitcoin (BTC) manufacturing final month rose to 533 BTC, probably the most for the reason that reward halving nearly a 12 months in the past. The determine represents a month-on-month improve of 13% and 25% greater than a 12 months earlier than. Bitcoin holdings grew to 19,223 BTC.
Riot mentioned it plans to “aggressively pursue” growth of its Corsicana facility to capitalize on rising demand for compute infrastructure utilized in AI and HPC.
A just lately accomplished feasibility examine by business guide Altman Solon confirmed the numerous potential of the positioning to help as much as 600 megawatts of further capability for AI/HPC functions. Key benefits embody 1.0 gigawatt of secured energy, 400 MW of which is already operational, 265 acres of land with substantial growth potential and shut proximity to Dallas — a serious hub for AI and cloud computing.
The examine famous the positioning’s means to help each inference and cloud-based workloads, strengthening its enchantment to AI/HPC tenants.
Riot maintained a gradual deployed hash price of 33.7 EH/s, whereas its common working hash price grew 3% month-over-month to 30.3 EH/s—representing a 254% improve year-over-year. Though energy credit declined because of seasonal components, Riot saved its all-in energy value low at 3.8 cents per kWh, and improved fleet effectivity to 21.0 J/TH, a 22% enchancment from the earlier 12 months.
Riot’s shares fell 5.5% Friday, whereas the Nasdaq 100 index dropped 2.8%. They’ve misplaced 35% year-to-date.
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