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Property acquisition at former Hawesville smelter

Company: TeraWulf

This claim was marked delayed on September 2, 2026. Re-verification found the cited source does support this claim. The earlier withdrawal was made in error and has been reversed. The attributed quote appears verbatim in the cited source (deterministic check).

How this was decided: Correction after re-verification. The claim is preserved below exactly as it was originally published, so the record shows what was asserted as well as what became of it.

Subject kind
acquisition
Statement date
2026-08-25
Promised by
2026-02-02
Promised amount
302.0 USD
Current status
delayed

The claim, verbatim

TeraWulf acquired the property at the former Century Aluminum smelter in Hawesville, Kentucky for approximately $302 million

Source (primary)

TeraWulf Advances $4B Data Center at Former Kentucky Smelter - Engineering News-Record (-, news_article)
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Quote: “TeraWulf acquired the property Feb. 2 in a transaction valued at about $302 million”

How we checked this

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Additional evidence

confirms TeraWulf Advances $4B Data Center at Former Kentucky Smelter - Engineering News-Record

Quote: “TeraWulf acquired the property Feb. 2 in a transaction valued at about $302 million”

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Record of changes

September 1, 2026 — statedlater found incorrect
Automated extraction from the cited source. Recorded automatically from the cited source when it was published, then queued for evidence review.
September 1, 2026 — delayedlater found incorrect
Automated extraction from the cited source. Recorded automatically from the cited source when it was published, then queued for evidence review.
September 2, 2026 — withdrawnlater found incorrect
Evidence review against the cited source. The source confirms the $302 million acquisition price but does not identify the smelter as 'Century Aluminum' or specify the location as 'Hawesville, Kentucky'—it only describes it as 'the former smelter' located '70 miles southwest of Louisville along the Ohio River'.
September 2, 2026 — delayed
Correction after re-verification. Re-verification found the cited source does support this claim. The earlier withdrawal was made in error and has been reversed. The attributed quote appears verbatim in the cited source (deterministic check).