TeraWulf Muskie Data Campus 1GW Eastern Kentucky Center

Status: Announced / Pre-construction Phase (Acquired May 2026) | Location: Northeastern Kentucky

Project Overview

Announced in May 2026, the Muskie Data Campus is a major gigawatt-scale high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence infrastructure project located in Eastern Kentucky. Developed by TeraWulf Inc. after acquiring critical site assets from Industrial Equity Partners (IEP), the campus occupies approximately 285 acres within the larger 1,000-acre EastPark Industrial Park. The development is designed to meet the rapidly growing demand for AI computing power by leveraging existing industrial infrastructure and substantial long-term energy availability The project addresses one of the technology industry’s most pressing challenges: limited access to large-scale electrical capacity. As artificial intelligence models become increasingly complex, companies require massive amounts of power, cooling, and networking infrastructure to support training and inference workloads. The Muskie Data Campus aims to solve this bottleneck by connecting directly to robust utility infrastructure capable of supporting high-density AI clusters and future hyperscale expansion.

Quick Facts

Field	Value
Project Name	TeraWulf Muskie Data Campus 1GW Eastern Kentucky Center
Location	Northeastern Kentucky
Status	Announced / Pre-construction Phase (Acquired May 2026)
Commissioning	Initial Phase: H2 2028; Final Phase: H2 2030
Total IT Load	~750 MW to 800 MW at full scale
Total Capacity	1,000 MW+ (1 GW+) master-planned capacity allocation
Tier Level	Tier III Equivalent (High-performance computing resilient architecture)
Project Type	Greenfield Hyperscale AI & High-Performance Computing (HPC) Campus

City Profile

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City Name	Kentucky
Population	Approx. 4.5 Million
Urban Agglomeration	Approx. 3.1 Million
City GDP	Approx. USD 280 Billion
Per Capita Income	Approx. USD 58,000
City Tier	Tier 2 US State Economy
Key Strengths	Bourbon production, automotive manufacturing, logistics & distribution, healthcare, agriculture, horse racing & tourism

Companies Involved

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Developer / Operator	TeraWulf Inc.
Strategic Infrastructure Partner	Industrial Equity Partners (IEP) (Original site developer/seller)
Construction Contractor	To Be Announced (Bidding active for civil grading and structural frameworks)
MEP Engineering	To Be Announced / In-house TeraWulf Infrastructure Engineering
Network Connectivity	Redundant national long-haul dark fiber lines routed through the Ohio River Valley corridor
Power Infrastructure	Kentucky Power (An American Electric Power [AEP] Company)

Technical Specifications

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Power Capacity	Scalable to 1,000+ MW (1 GW+) total grid allocation
UPS Redundancy	N+1 / Block Redundant design tailored for resilient liquid-cooled GPU clusters
Cooling System	High-density liquid cooling configurations (Direct-to-chip/Immersion architecture readiness) alongside closed-loop heat exchangers
Connectivity	Low-latency fiber routes connecting directly to East Coast financial networks and Midwest cloud nodes
PUE Target	< 1.15 (Optimized for TeraWulf's vertical zero-carbon energy integration model)
Energy Mix	High-voltage transmission feed tied to the PJM regional transmission network; power delivery supported by a new 345 kV substation constructed by Kentucky Power

Milestones

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Announcement	May 2026
Construction Start	Targeted for Mid-2027 (Civil infrastructure and substation integration)
Phase 1 Go-Live	Scheduled for H2 2028 (Initial 500 MW ramp-up)
Full Buildout	Scheduled for H2 2030 (Additional 500 MW expansion to cross the 1 GW threshold)

Investment Details

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Total Investment	Estimated $4.5+ Billion USD across multiple multi-year construction phases
Funding	Corporate capital allocation from TeraWulf Inc. paired with project-level infrastructure equity syndication