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Last Update: 10/27/2026 at 6:01 AM EST
Anthropic–TeraWulf Kentucky Data Center
Coverage from Louisville Courier Journal, Reuters, and others
Anthropic has agreed to a 20-year lease for AI computing capacity at TeraWulf’s planned Justified Data campus near Hawesville in Hancock County, Kentucky.
The project is designed to reach about 401 megawatts, with initial capacity targeted for the second half of 2027 and full operations targeted for 2028. It reuses a former aluminum-processing site with existing power and fiber infrastructure; reported plans also include closed-loop cooling. The lease and the financing and construction needed to deliver the campus are central to the project, alongside questions about power arrangements and local siting.
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Anthropic signed a 20-year lease with TeraWulf in Hancock County, Kentucky, targeting a 400 MW ramp by early 2028 amid utility contracting and local opposition.
7/6/2026 • Market Demand & Investment • General
TeraWulf plans a Hancock County, Kentucky data center near Hawesville using a proposed 15-year electric service agreement with Big Rivers Electric Corp. and projecting late-2027 operations.
5/12/2026 • Project Finance & Incentives • General
TeraWulf signed a 20-year Anthropic lease for a 401 MW AI campus at the Justified Data site in Hawesville, Kentucky, with initial capacity targeted for late 2027 and full capacity in early 2028.
7/6/2026 • Market Demand & Investment • General
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TeraWulf secured a 3.5 billion leveraged loan for a Kentucky AI data-center campus tied to a 20-year 19 billion Anthropic HPC lease.
7/10/2026 • Project Finance & Incentives • General
TeraWulf signed a 20-year Anthropic lease for a 401 MW critical IT load campus in Hawesville, Kentucky, and agreed to sell its 50.1% stake in an Abernathy, Texas 168 MW AI data center joint venture led by Fluidstack.
7/6/2026 • Market Demand & Investment • General
Anthropic signed a 20-year lease with TeraWulf for a planned 400 MW data center near Hawesville, Kentucky, with first power expected in late 2027.
7/6/2026 • Market Demand & Investment • General
Anthropic signed a 20-year lease with TeraWulf for the Justified Data campus in Hawesville, Kentucky, supporting phased development toward 401MW IT capacity.
7/6/2026 • Market Demand & Investment • General
Anthropic PBC will pay $19 billion for a 20-year lease of TeraWulf's planned 401-MW Hawesville, Kentucky data center, targeting full operation in 2028.
7/6/2026 • Market Demand & Investment • General
Anthropic and TeraWulf signed a two-decade lease for a 401-megawatt Hawesville, Kentucky data-center campus, with operations starting in 2027 and financing partly from a 50.1% Abernathy stake sale.
7/6/2026 • Market Demand & Investment • General