# Anthropic Signs $19 Billion Data Center Lease With TeraWulf

> Anthropic has signed a 20-year lease on a Kentucky data center that could generate around $19 billion in revenue for its landlord, TeraWulf. The site, near Hawesville, is set to ramp to roughly 401 megawatts of capacity by early 2028, with the first power expected in the second half of 2027. It is the kind of long-dated infrastructure commitment that shows how seriously frontier labs are planning their compute pipelines years in advance. The more colorful detail is who is on the other side of the deal. TeraWulf is a former crypto miner pivoting to AI infrastructure, and its stock jumped 16% on the news. Bitcoin miners spent years assembling exactly what AI now craves: cheap power contracts, land and high-density electrical buildouts, and many are now repurposing those assets to host GPUs instead of mining rigs. The takeaway is that the AI boom is quietly rewiring the energy and real-estate map. Anthropic gets guaranteed capacity, a struggling miner gets a lifeline, and a small Kentucky town becomes a node in the race to build ever-larger models.

_Section: [Daily AI Updates](https://www.wortins.com/daily-ai) · Source: CNBC · Published Friday, July 10, 2026_

## Wortins' read

Anthropic has signed a 20-year lease on a Kentucky data center that could generate around $19 billion in revenue for its landlord, TeraWulf. The site, near Hawesville, is set to ramp to roughly 401 megawatts of capacity by early 2028, with the first power expected in the second half of 2027. It is the kind of long-dated infrastructure commitment that shows how seriously frontier labs are planning their compute pipelines years in advance. The more colorful detail is who is on the other side of the deal. TeraWulf is a former crypto miner pivoting to AI infrastructure, and its stock jumped 16% on the news. Bitcoin miners spent years assembling exactly what AI now craves: cheap power contracts, land and high-density electrical buildouts, and many are now repurposing those assets to host GPUs instead of mining rigs. The takeaway is that the AI boom is quietly rewiring the energy and real-estate map. Anthropic gets guaranteed capacity, a struggling miner gets a lifeline, and a small Kentucky town becomes a node in the race to build ever-larger models.

## Source

[Read the full story at CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/06/anthropic-terawulf-data-center-ai.html)

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