Every claim here is a statement by TeraWulf in its 8-K or press release of 5 October 2026. This publication read those two documents only and verified none of the claims independently.
On 5 October 2026, TeraWulf said it has increased the contracted power capacity at its Muskie Data Campus in eastern Kentucky from 500 megawatts to 1 gigawatt. In an 8-K and a press release, the company also says the planned delivery of Muskie’s second 500 MW phase moves from 2030 to 2029, subject to Kentucky Public Service Commission approval and Kentucky Power’s construction schedule. The first phase remains targeted to begin ramping in 2028. This publication read the filing and the release and verified none of the claims independently.
TeraWulf’s 8-K says its wholly-owned subsidiary, DB Long Hunts Data LLC, entered into amended and restated transmission infrastructure and energy service agreements with Kentucky Power Company, an American Electric Power company. The filing says the agreements were executed on 1 October 2026 and that the company announced them in a press release on 5 October.
The 8-K says the agreements increase TeraWulf’s contracted power capacity at Muskie from 500 MW to 1 GW. The press release describes the same step as an amended and restated electric service agreement and gives the same two figures.
From TeraWulf’s 8-K and press release of 5 October: contracted power capacity at Muskie goes from 500 MW to 1 GW. The 2 GW bar is the level the company says it continues to evaluate, subject to additional utility planning, infrastructure and agreements; it is not contracted.
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The key insight: TeraWulf’s two documents state a capacity that is contracted and a schedule that is conditional. The company calls the move from 500 MW to 1 GW contracted power capacity, and says the 2029 date for the second phase is subject to Kentucky Public Service Commission approval and Kentucky Power’s construction schedule.
The Dates, and What They Depend On
Both documents say the second 500 MW phase moves from 2030 to 2029. Both attach the same two conditions to that date: Kentucky Public Service Commission approval and Kentucky Power’s construction schedule. The 8-K says the first 500 MW phase remains targeted to begin ramping in 2028.
The release adds that Kentucky Power is developing a 765-kV / 345-kV substation connected to the regional transmission network to serve the site. It says development will proceed consistent with Governor Beshear’s Executive Order on Data Center Development (2026-494).
The 2028 and 2029 dates are targets and planned dates in the company’s documents. Neither is a completed event.
In the Company’s Words
The release quotes Paul Prager, TeraWulf’s chairman and chief executive, saying: “Customer interest in Muskie has been tremendous, and power availability is central to those conversations.” He adds that securing the next 500 MW and moving its planned delivery into 2029 “gives us greater flexibility to meet prospective customers’ deployment needs.”
The release does not name a customer. Its subheading says the amendment comes “amid strong customer interest,” and Prager’s remarks, quoted above, refer to customer interest and to prospective customers.
The Wider Plan the Release Describes
The release says TeraWulf acquired Muskie in May 2026 “for phased development as an AI and high-performance computing campus.” It says the company continues to evaluate the campus’s potential to support up to 2 GW over time, “subject to additional utility planning, infrastructure and agreements.”
The release describes TeraWulf’s approach in Kentucky as coordinating with the utility on the infrastructure needed to serve the campus, providing financial protections for utility investment, and structuring the agreement to benefit existing customers.
It adds that in August the Kentucky Public Service Commission approved the separate electric service agreement for TeraWulf’s Justified Data Campus in Hawesville. The release says the Commission found that the agreement’s terms “adequately protected existing customers and appropriately allocated the costs and risks of serving that project.” This publication did not read the Commission’s order.
The Financing Note in the Same Filing
The 8-K carries a second item headed “Financing Strategy Update.” It says TeraWulf intends to increase the size of its existing senior secured revolving credit facility. It also says the company is seeking to raise additional senior secured debt “to further support letter of credit needs in connection with the Company’s long-term power development partnerships with utilities.”
The filing says the upsize of the revolving facility will be subject to customary closing conditions and that there can be no assurance the company will obtain any additional financing. It gives no amounts. The press release does not mention the revolving facility or the additional debt.
The Structural Read
The release ties the schedule to two parties other than TeraWulf. It says the 2029 date for the second phase is subject to Kentucky Public Service Commission approval and Kentucky Power’s construction schedule, and that Kentucky Power is developing a 765-kV / 345-kV substation connected to the regional transmission network to serve the site.
The company describes its Kentucky approach as a package: coordinate with the utility on the infrastructure needed to serve the campus, provide financial protections for utility investment, and structure the agreement to benefit existing customers. The 8-K’s separate financing note is stated in general terms and does not name Muskie.
The release names no customer. Its description of demand comes from the chief executive’s quoted remarks, which refer to customer interest and to prospective customers’ deployment needs.
Paul Prager, chairman and chief executive of TeraWulf, in the company’s press release of 5 October 2026
“Customer interest in Muskie has been tremendous, and power availability is central to those conversations.”
Three Implications
CAPACITY AND SCHEDULE ARE SEPARATE STATEMENTS The documents give a contracted capacity of 1 GW and, separately, a first phase targeted to begin ramping in 2028. The release describes no buildings, data halls or IT load at the site.
THE 2029 DATE HAS TWO OUTSIDE CONDITIONS TeraWulf says the second phase’s move from 2030 to 2029 is subject to Commission approval and Kentucky Power’s construction schedule. Neither document says when the Commission will decide.
FINANCING IS DESCRIBED SEPARATELY The 8-K says TeraWulf intends to increase its senior secured revolving credit facility and is seeking additional senior secured debt for letter of credit needs tied to long-term power partnerships with utilities, with no assurance and no amounts. The press release does not mention it.
What Is Not Established
Every claim above is a statement by TeraWulf in its 8-K or press release of 5 October 2026. This publication did not read the amended agreements, which are not among the filing’s exhibits, and did not read any filing by Kentucky Power or the Kentucky Public Service Commission. It did not contact the company.
The release names no customer or tenant. It gives no price, cost or investment figure for the capacity or the substation. It describes no buildings, data halls or IT load at the site.
Neither document says when the Commission will decide or when Kentucky Power’s construction will be complete. The company makes the 2029 date conditional on both.
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TeraWulf says amended agreements with Kentucky Power, executed on 1 October, increase its contracted power capacity at Muskie from 500 MW to 1 GW and move the second 500 MW phase from 2030 to 2029. The company makes that date conditional on Commission approval and the utility’s construction schedule, and the first phase remains targeted to begin ramping in 2028. The release names no customer. This publication verified none of it independently.
This piece rests on the Form 8-K and press release that TeraWulf published on 5 October 2026. This publication read those two documents only, did not read the amended agreements, and did not seek a response from TeraWulf, Kentucky Power or the Commission.Nothing above predicts anything, and nothing here is legal or investment advice.
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