What is the latest status of the project “Justified Data AI Campus Lease with Anthropic”?

The status recorded for “Justified Data AI Campus Lease with Anthropic” is planned.

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Taiyo normalizes the budget of “Justified Data AI Campus Lease with Anthropic” to USD 19000000000.

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Justified Data AI Campus Lease with Anthropic

Sector: Steel • Location: Hawesville, Kentucky, United States

Source: Data Center Frontier

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TeraWulf signed a 20-year lease agreement with AI developer Anthropic for approximately 401 MW of critical IT capacity at the Justified Data campus in Hawesville, Kentucky. The project involves converting a former aluminum smelter industrial site into a high-density AI data center campus leveraging existing electrical infrastructure. Initial capacity is expected to be operational by late 2027, wit

Status: Prospective
Sector: Steel, Metal, Manufacturing (Industrial), Data Center
Location: Hawesville, Kentucky, United States of America
Updated: 22 Jul 2026
Source: Data Center Frontier

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The project “Justified Data AI Campus Lease with Anthropic” is an infrastructure initiative in the Steel sector, located in Hawesville, Kentucky, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Data Center Frontier.

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Original status	planned
Taiyo status	Prospective
Taiyo last update	2026-07-22

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Description	TeraWulf signed a 20-year lease agreement with AI developer Anthropic for approximately 401 MW of critical IT capacity at the Justified Data campus in Hawesville, Kentucky. The project involves converting a former aluminum smelter industrial site into a high-density AI data center campus leveraging existing electrical infrastructure. Initial capacity is expected to be operational by late 2027, with full deployment by early 2028. The lease is valued at approximately $19 billion in contracted revenue and includes options for renewal extending occupancy to 30 years.
Original sector	Data Center
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Country	United States of America (USA)
State	Kentucky
City	Hawesville

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Record type	Project
Sector	Steel, Metal, Manufacturing (Industrial), Data Center
Article published date	2026-07-19

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