Riot Platforms (RIOT) has hired industry veteran Jonathan Gibbs as his Chief Data Center Officer, which marks a strategic feature of Bitcoin mines to branch out over crypto in the wider data infrastructure business.
Gibbs brings over 15 years of experience and a resume that includes the design and construction of more than a gigawatt with data center capacity over North America, Europe and Asia. He most recently served as Executive Vice President of Prime Data Centers, where he led projects across the United States
Now he has the task of launching Riot’s new data center platform aimed at companies that require massive computing power to support cloud services and artificial intelligence. The company plans to build non-bitcoin-focused facilities and utilize 1.7 gigawatt power capacity as it already controls.
The company’s CEO Jason Les said the new initiative “aggressively scales” to meet the rising demand. If successful, Riot could participate in a growing list of former mining companies that replace themselves as key players in AI and Cloud Infrastructure Boom.
