Property acquisition at former Hawesville smelter
Company: TeraWulf
What the later record shows
Not a promise: a reported event · happened February 2, 2026
The claim itself reports a completed acquisition: TeraWulf acquired the Hawesville property on Feb. 2 for about $302 million. This was said on 2026-08-25, after the event.
Checked October 9, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
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
Checked on October 10, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article states that TeraWulf is redeveloping the former Century Aluminum smelter in Hawesville, Ky., and acquired the property in a transaction valued at about $302 million.
Confirmed in the source:
- TeraWulf acquired the property at the former Century Aluminum smelter in Hawesville, Kentucky
- The acquisition was a transaction valued at about $302 million
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: “TeraWulf acquired the property Feb. 2 in a transaction valued at about $302 million”