MISO and transmission arrangement approvals required
Company: TeraWulf
The claim, verbatim
The Justified Data Campus requires Midcontinent Independent System Operator approvals and transmission arrangements to operate at its maximum contract demand
Source (primary)
TeraWulf Advances $4B Data Center at Former Kentucky Smelter - Engineering News-Record (-, news_article)
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Quote: “The service agreement requires grid operator Midcontinent Independent System Operator approvals and transmission arrangements before the project can operate at its maximum contract demand.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 18, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article says the electric-service agreement requires MISO approvals and transmission arrangements before the campus can operate at maximum contract demand.
Confirmed in the source:
- The project needs Midcontinent Independent System Operator approvals before it can operate at its maximum contract demand
- The project needs transmission arrangements before it can operate at its maximum contract demand
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.enr.com/articles/63556-terawulf-advances-4b-data-center-at-former-kentucky-smelter) in full (11,913 characters, retrieved September 1, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms TeraWulf Advances $4B Data Center at Former Kentucky Smelter - Engineering News-Record
Quote: “The service agreement requires grid operator Midcontinent Independent System Operator approvals and transmission arrangements before the project can operate at its maximum contract demand.”