Justified Data Campus
- Status
- Site development underway
- Place
- Hawesville, Kentucky
- County
- Hancock
- Company
- TeraWulf / Raylan Data
- End user
- Anthropic
- Type
- data center
- Utility
- Big Rivers Electric / Kenergy; market delivery through MISO
- Power
- Approximately 401 MW contracted critical IT across future phases
- Investment
- approximately 4.0 billion to 4.5 billion in site development and initial data halls, excluding customer computing equipment
- Incentives
- Customer bears project-specific power supply, delivery and infrastructure costs under the approved contract. No verified site-specific tax award recorded here.
Status context. Operator project FAQ, checked October 16, 2026, says site development is underway. The undated statement supports brownfield/site development only; physical data-hall construction, delivered IT, occupancy and operation remain unconfirmed. The older first-half-2026 target is not a proved start date.
Exact site not published; shown at county level. The dot is placed inside the county for the map and is not the site, its address or a parcel.
Dated record.
- announced
- approved
- Electric-service agreement approval dated August 21, reported in TeraWulf’s August 24 announcement. Up to 482 MW is service capacity, not IT delivery, building approval or operation.
- TeraWulf announced an Anthropic lease for approximately 401 MW critical IT at Justified. Initial second-half-2027 and full early-2028 delivery are future targets.
Documented concerns.
- Noise, Water use, Air and generators, Power and electric rates, Wildlife, wetlands and stormwater, HealthResidents raised concerns about electricity costs, water, noise, pollution, health and wildlife at the July 27, 2026 Hawesville public-comment meeting, as recorded by the Kentucky Public Service Commission. Its later.
A documented item is a public record or report, not an Atlas finding.
Sources.
- investors.terawulf.cominvestors.terawulf.com
- investors.terawulf.cominvestors.terawulf.com
- Current operator site directorywww.terawulf.com · checked October 16, 2026
- Q2 filing, pages 54 to 55 reviewedinvestors.terawulf.com · published August 5, 2026 · checked October 16, 2026
- Project FAQ: site development and cooling designwww.justifieddatacampus.com · checked October 16, 2026
- Project overview and prospective timingwww.justifieddatacampus.com · checked October 16, 2026
- Project account of noise modellingwww.justifieddatacampus.com · published October 12, 2026 · checked October 16, 2026
- Raylan / Justified borrower and affiliate rolesinvestors.terawulf.com · published March 16, 2026 · checked October 16, 2026
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Last checked October 16, 2026, 8 linked sources. Review dates do not certify current operation or every field. Corrections and record history
Updated . What changed: Source review for Justified Data Campus. This is not a project milestone.