Riot Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT) (“Riot” or “the Company”), an
industry leader in vertically integrated Bitcoin (“BTC”) mining,
announces unaudited production and operations updates for February
2024.
Bitcoin Production and Operations
Updates for February 2024
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Comparison (%) |
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Metric |
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February 20241 |
January 20241 |
February 2023 |
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Month/Month |
Year/Year |
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Bitcoin Produced |
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418 |
520 |
675 |
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-20% |
-38% |
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Average Bitcoin Produced per Day |
14.4 |
16.8 |
24.1 |
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-14% |
-40% |
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Bitcoin Held2 |
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8,067 |
7,648 |
7,058 |
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5% |
14% |
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Bitcoin Sold |
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- |
212 |
600 |
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N/A |
N/A |
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Bitcoin Sales - Net Proceeds |
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- |
$9.5
million |
$14.2
million |
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N/A |
N/A |
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Average Net Price per Bitcoin Sold |
N/A |
$44,860 |
$23,656 |
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N/A |
N/A |
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Deployed Hash Rate2 |
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12.4
Eh/s |
12.4
Eh/s |
9.8
Eh/s |
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26% |
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Deployed Miners2 |
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112,944 |
112,944 |
87,264 |
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29% |
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Power Credits3 |
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$1.0
million |
$2.2
million |
$0.5
million |
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-53% |
121% |
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Demand Response Credits4 |
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$0.2 million |
$1.1 million |
$0.4 million |
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-81% |
-48% |
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- Unaudited, estimated.
- As of month-end.
- Power curtailment credits.
- Credits received from participation
in ERCOT demand response programs.
“Riot mined a total of 418 Bitcoin in February,”
said Jason Les, CEO of Riot. “During the month, we also announced a
new purchase order with MicroBT for 31,500 miners to be installed
at our Rockdale Facility. The installation of these miners will
increase our mining efficiency and uptime, and will further expand
hash rate capacity at our Rockdale Facility to 15.1 EH/s.
Approximately 17,000 of the miners in this order will be used to
replace miners that are not performing to our expectations. We
expect to see significantly improved operating performance from our
self-mining operations at our Rockdale Facility as these new miners
are installed and begin operating, which we expect to commence in
Q2 and to be completed in Q3 2024.”
Infrastructure Update
Riot is currently developing Phase 1 of the
Company’s second large-scale facility, the Corsicana Facility,
which is expected to have 400 megawatts (“MW”) of developed mining
capacity upon completion of this initial phase. Once fully
developed, the Corsicana Facility is expected to have 1 gigawatt
(1,000 MWs) in total developed mining capacity.
During the month of February, the structure for
the first 100 MW building, Building A1, was completed and onsite
teams made progress on the deployment of tanks for the immersion
cooling systems within the building. Also, during the month, our
teams began pouring the foundation for the second 100 MW building,
Building A2, which is expected to be completed subsequent to
Building A1.
The 400 MW substation is expected to be
energized by the end of March 2024, and the first 100 MW building,
Building A1, will commence operations shortly thereafter. The
additional buildings comprising the 400 MW Phase 1 buildout of the
Corsicana Facility are currently under development, which we expect
to be energized and begin hashing in stages over the course of
2024.
Estimated Hash Rate
Growth Riot
anticipates achieving a total self-mining hash rate capacity of 31
EH/s by the end of 2024.
As previously disclosed, in June 2023, Riot
entered into a long-term master purchase agreement with MicroBT,
which included an initial order of 33,280 immersion miners for the
Corsicana Facility. Effective December 1, 2023, Riot executed a
second order under the MicroBT master agreement for an additional
66,560 immersion miners, primarily for the Corsicana Facility. In
February 2024, Riot entered into a third order with MicroBT, for
31,500 air-cooled miners for the Rockdale Facility. Approximately
17,000 miners in the order are expected to replace underperforming
machines currently operating in the facility, and the deployment of
the remaining 14,500 miners will add additional hash rate capacity
to our self-mining operations at the Rockdale Facility.
Collectively, the three purchase orders will add
28 EH/s to Riot’s self-mining capacity. Deployment of these miners
intended for the Corsicana Facility is expected to begin in Q1 2024
and estimated to be completed by the second half of 2025.
Deployment of the miners intended for the Rockdale Facility is
expected to begin in Q2 2024 and be completed in Q3 2024.
Upon full deployment in 2025, Riot anticipates a
total self-mining hash rate capacity of 41 EH/s.
Conference Schedule:
- Roth 36th Annual Conference held in
Dana Point, CA March 17th – 19th.
- Empower Conference held in Houston,
TX on March 26th – 27th.
Human Resources
Update Riot is currently
recruiting for positions across the Company. Join our team in
building, expanding, and securing the Bitcoin
network. Open positions are available
at: https://www.riotplatforms.com/careers.
About Riot Platforms,
Inc.
Riot’s (NASDAQ: RIOT) vision is to be the
world’s leading Bitcoin-driven infrastructure
platform. Our mission is to positively impact the
sectors, networks, and communities that we touch. We believe that
the combination of an innovative spirit and strong community
partnership allows the Company to achieve best-in-class execution
and create successful outcomes. Riot
is a Bitcoin mining and digital infrastructure company focused on a
vertically integrated strategy. The Company has Bitcoin mining
operations in central Texas and electrical switchgear engineering
and fabrication operations in Denver,
Colorado. For more information, visit
www.riotplatforms.com.
Safe
Harbor Statements in this press release
that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that
reflect management’s current expectations, assumptions, and
estimates of future performance and economic conditions. Such
statements rely on the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. Because such statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Words such
as “anticipates,” “believes,” “plans,” “expects,” “intends,”
“will,” “potential,” “hope,” and similar expressions are intended
to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements may include, but are not limited to, statements about
the benefits of acquisitions, including financial and operating
results, and the Company’s plans, objectives, expectations, and
intentions. Among the risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ from those expressed in forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to: unaudited estimates of
Bitcoin production; our future hash rate growth (EH/s); the
anticipated benefits, construction schedule, and costs associated
with the Corsicana site expansion; our expected schedule of new
miner deliveries; the impact of weather events on our operations
and results; our ability to successfully deploy new miners; the
variance in our mining pool rewards may negatively impact our
results of Bitcoin production; megawatt (“MW”) capacity under
development; we may not be able to realize the anticipated benefits
from immersion-cooling; the integration of acquired businesses may
not be successful, or such integration may take longer or be more
difficult, time-consuming or costly to accomplish than anticipated;
failure to otherwise realize anticipated efficiencies and strategic
and financial benefits from our acquisitions; and the impact of
COVID-19 on us, our customers, or on our suppliers in connection
with our estimated timelines. Detailed information regarding the
factors identified by the Company’s management which they believe
may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements in this press release
may be found in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including the risks, uncertainties
and other factors discussed under the sections entitled “Risk
Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”
of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2022, as amended, and the other filings the
Company makes with the SEC, copies of which may be obtained from
the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements
included in this press release are made only as of the date of this
press release, and the Company disclaims any intention or
obligation to update or revise any such forward-looking statements
to reflect events or circumstances that subsequently occur, or of
which the Company hereafter becomes aware, except as required by
law. Persons reading this press release are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on such forward-looking
statements. Investor
Contact: Phil
McPherson 303-794-2000 ext.
110 IR@Riot.Inc Media
Contact: Alexis
Brock 303-794-2000 ext.
118 PR@Riot.Inc
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