Riot Platforms Rockdale

Grid and gas impact

At full buildout this campus is announced at 700 MW. After phasing to 2030 and weighting by build stage, the index expects about 700 MW running by 2030. That is about 0.8% of the ERCOT record peak of July 22, 2026 (91,089 MW).

At that level it would use about 4,599 GWh of electricity a year, roughly what 426,000 US homes use (EIA average of about 10,800 kWh per home), and add about 50.2 MMcf/d of natural gas burn on an average day, counting both on-site generation and the region's gas-fired power plants.

Its rating is driven by grid load: power is expected to come mostly from the utility grid, so the effect shows up in transmission, capacity and generation needs, and in the gas burned by the region's power plants. Rated 3 of 4 bolts. Solid bolts mean the campus is operating or under construction.

Fact sheet

Index ID

DC-008

Campus

Riot Platforms Rockdale

Developer / tenant

Riot Platforms

Segment

Crypto / HPC

Location

Rockdale, TX

State / province

Texas

Country

United States

Metro

Non-metro

Grid region

ERCOT

Electric utility

TBD

Status

Operating (counts 100% toward 2030)

Online / target

Not disclosed

Announced capacity

700 MW (Facility / utility service)

Expected load by 2030

700 MW (index estimate)

Annual energy at expected load

about 4,599 GWh

Power supply

Grid

Added gas burn, average day

50.2 MMcf/d (index estimate)

Impact rating

Grid (3 of 4; scale)

Confidence

C (One secondary source)

Last reviewed

November 3, 2026

Sources

• Largest US data centers by reported powerdcmap.us · accessed Oct 2026Secondary

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How to cite

Data Center Index (datacenterindex.info), Discovery Energy. "Riot Platforms Rockdale" (DC-008), https://datacenterindex.info/campuses/dc-008-riot-platforms-rockdale/, updated November 3, 2026.