AI company Anthropic plans to open data center in Kentucky

An artificial intelligence company has plans to open a data center in Kentucky.TeraWulf announced on Monday that it signed a lease with Anthropic, an AI safety and research company, at its Justified Data campus in Hawesville, Kentucky. Hawesville is about an hour and a half southwest of Louisville.The lease Anthropic signed is for 20 years and is expected to generate $19 billion of contracted revenue."The Anthropic lease validates our strategy and establishes a long-duration revenue stream with one of the world's leading AI companies. The lease provides approximately $19 billion of contracted lease revenue over its initial term, creates a framework for future expansion, and demonstrates the value of our ability to source power, develop infrastructure, and secure long-term customer commitments," said TeraWulf CEO Paul Prager in a statement.The Kentucky campus will be home to approximately 401 megawatts of IT load and will be developed in multiple phases. It is expected to reach full capacity by early 2028. Anthropic was founded in 2021 and is best known for its AI chatbot Claude.

An artificial intelligence company has plans to open a data center in Kentucky.

TeraWulf announced on Monday that it signed a lease with Anthropic, an AI safety and research company, at its Justified Data campus in Hawesville, Kentucky. Hawesville is about an hour and a half southwest of Louisville.

The lease Anthropic signed is for 20 years and is expected to generate $19 billion of contracted revenue.

"The Anthropic lease validates our strategy and establishes a long-duration revenue stream with one of the world's leading AI companies. The lease provides approximately $19 billion of contracted lease revenue over its initial term, creates a framework for future expansion, and demonstrates the value of our ability to source power, develop infrastructure, and secure long-term customer commitments," said TeraWulf CEO Paul Prager in a statement.

The Kentucky campus will be home to approximately 401 megawatts of IT load and will be developed in multiple phases. It is expected to reach full capacity by early 2028.

Anthropic was founded in 2021 and is best known for its AI chatbot Claude.