Muskie second 500 MW phase pulled forward to 2029
Company: TeraWulf - Project: Muskie Data
The claim, verbatim
TeraWulf says the planned delivery of the second 500 MW phase at Muskie moves from 2030 to 2029, subject to Commission approval and Kentucky Power's construction schedule.
Source (primary)
TeraWulf to double data center size near Ashland; Ky. Power to add unit at Big Sandy - Charleston Gazette-Mail (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Securing the next 500 MW and moving its planned delivery into 2029 gives us greater flexibility to meet prospective customers' deployment needs.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 15, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article reports that the second 500 MW phase moves from 2030 to 2029, subject to Commission approval and Kentucky Power's construction schedule, and TeraWulf's CEO confirms the 2029 timing.
Confirmed in the source:
- The planned delivery of Muskie's second 500 MW phase is advanced from 2030 to 2029
- The acceleration is subject to Commission approval and Kentucky Power's construction schedule
- TeraWulf's CEO, Paul Prager, said the next 500 MW's planned delivery is moving into 2029
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.wvgazettemail.com/business/terawulf-to-double-data-center-size-near-ashland-ky-power-to-add-unit-at-big/article_3f5a5b40-2bee-46b5-89f1-1bf47d8678e3.html) in full (26,773 characters, retrieved October 10, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms TeraWulf to double data center size near Ashland; Ky. Power to add unit at Big Sandy - Charleston Gazette-Mail
Quote: “Securing the next 500 MW and moving its planned delivery into 2029 gives us greater flexibility to meet prospective customers' deployment needs.”
confirms TeraWulf to double size of data center near Ashland; Ky. Power to add unit at Big Sandy - herald-dispatch.com
Quote: “It also advances planned delivery of the second 500-MW phase from 2030 to 2029, subject to Commission approval and Kentucky Power's construction schedule.”