Proposed renewable energy use for Cayuga Lake data center
Company: TeraWulf - Project: Cayuga Site
The claim, verbatim
TeraWulf pitched deactivating the coal-fired power plant and repurposing the site for a data center using renewable energy
Source (primary)
Letters to the Editor: Did Hochul Save Cayuga Lake from TeraWulf? - Ithaca Times (-, news_article)
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Quote: “TeraWulf's pitch to Lansing explicitly centered on deactivating the coal plant and repurposing the site for a data center using renewable energy.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 15, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The letter says TeraWulf's pitch to Lansing centered on deactivating the coal plant and repurposing the site for a renewable-powered data center. This comes from a reader's letter to the editor, not a news report.
Confirmed in the source:
- TeraWulf's pitch to the Town of Lansing centered on deactivating the coal-fired power plant
- The pitch involved repurposing the site for a data center
- The pitch said the data center would use renewable energy
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.ithaca.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/letters-to-the-editor-did-hochul-save-cayuga-lake-from-terawulf/article_40646f10-59c7-449b-9d2e-a79e4d7ec23c.html) in full (13,340 characters, retrieved September 1, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Letters to the Editor: Did Hochul Save Cayuga Lake from TeraWulf? - Ithaca Times
Quote: “TeraWulf's pitch to Lansing explicitly centered on deactivating the coal plant and repurposing the site for a data center using renewable energy.”