# Riot Q2 Earnings and $9.1B Rockdale Deal, NVIDIA’s $500B Financing Program, ERCOT Seeks Pushback on Batch Zero Deadlines

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Podcast: [Blockspace](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blockspace-ai-bitcoin-6791695)
Published: 2026-08-11T19:55:00+00:00
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Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! For today’s earnings update, we take a look at Riot Platform’s Q2 results, including its recently inked 191 MW, $9.1B deal with a leading AI lab (reportedly Anthropic). We also touch on NVIDIA’s new $500 billion ...

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