A new Kentucky AI data center will power Anthropic as part of a 20-year deal
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anthropic signed a 20-year lease with Terawulf for a new AI data center in Hawesville, Kentucky.
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The lease is expected to generate approximately $19 billion in contracted revenue in the first period.
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Terawulf said the data center will have enough power capacity to support approximately 400 megawatts.
Kentucky is poised to host massive innovation artificial intelligence data center this will give strength Anthropic’s artificial intelligence models Approximately 20 billion dollars of revenue is expected to be generated within the scope of the agreement.
TeraWulf, one Bitcoin mining company The AI data center developer turned developer announced Monday that Anthropic has signed a 20-year lease for a “purpose-built AI infrastructure campus” on a former industrial site that TeraWulf purchased earlier this year in Hawesville, a city of about 1,000 people.
The lease is expected to generate approximately $19 billion in contracted revenue in the initial term, according to TeraWulf, which also noted that the lease is “expected to be backed by an investment-grade loan.”
“The Anthropic lease validates our strategy and provides a long-term revenue stream with one of the world’s leading AI companies,” TeraWulf CEO Paul Prager said in a statement. he said.
Prager, lease agreement The artificial intelligence firm behind Claude “It creates a framework for future expansion and demonstrates the value of our ability to deliver power supply, develop infrastructure and secure long-term customer commitments.”
The Hawesville data center will be developed in phases. Once completed, it will have enough power capacity to support approximately 400 megawatts of AI computing equipment.
The campus is expected to initially power AI computing in the second half of 2027, then reach its full 401 megawatt capacity in early 2028, TeraWulf said.
The AI data center is being built on 750 acres that was previously Century Aluminum’s smelter, which was idled in 2022 before the facility was sold to TeraWulf earlier this year.
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