BTIG sees Riot becoming ‘dominant’ HPC infrastructure provider

BTIG reiterates a Buy rating on Riot Platforms (RIOT) with a $28 price target after the company announced a colocation lease with AMD (AMD). While the pricing on a per megawatt year basis is lower than previous contracts seen, Riot is paying significantly less in capex than the market standard as it is leveraging existing infrastructure at the site, the analyst tells investors in a research note. BTIG says that with the Rockdale land now owned and soon to be generating high performance compute revenue, Riot has two blue chip data center locations with roughly 1 gigawatt of additional IT capacity to be contracted. It sees the company becoming the “dominant” HPC infrastructure provider. Riot is a top pick in the first half of 2026 at BTIG.