TeraWulf secures Google credit backstop for ~$19B Anthropic lease at Kentucky Justified campus

TeraWulf said on 4 November 2026 that it had signed credit-support agreements with Google LLC tied to debt financing for Anthropic’s roughly $19 billion of contracted leases at the Justified Data Campus in Hawesville, Kentucky, and that it had executed a definitive engineering, procurement and construction agreement with Fluor for three buildings at the site. The company posted the announcement on its investor site the same morning.

What the credit support covers

According to TeraWulf’s release, Google—described as a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.—provides contractual credit support for anticipated project debt behind the long-term Justified development. The company cites Alphabet senior unsecured ratings of AA+ (S&P) and Aa2 (Moody’s) as context for why that support matters to financing costs. CFO Patrick Fleury is quoted saying cost of capital is fundamental to infrastructure development and that investment-grade credit support strengthens the project’s financing profile.

CoinDesk reported on 5 November that if Anthropic defaults or becomes insolvent, Google could take over the lease or, in certain cases, pay a termination fee and receive an equity stake in the project vehicle. CoinDesk’s account of those step-in terms goes beyond the high-level wording in TeraWulf’s press release; readers should treat the press release as the company’s own description of the Google agreements and CoinDesk as secondary reporting on the default mechanics. TeraWulf also filed an 8-K dated 4 November 2026 covering the transactions.

Fluor EPC and schedule

TeraWulf said the Fluor EPC covers engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning for three data-center buildings at Justified, expanding a limited notice to proceed announced in March 2026. The release says GMP pricing is being established as engineering and procurement progress, and that phased ready-for-service completions are expected to begin in late 2027 and continue through the second quarter of 2028.

Why it matters (analysis)

Long-dated AI leases are only as bankable as the credit stack behind them. Pairing Anthropic’s contracted demand with Google credit support and a named EPC partner is TeraWulf’s attempt to turn a Kentucky campus into financeable infrastructure rather than a speculative build. Delivery still depends on power, labour and whether GMP pricing and milestones hold—risks the company lists in its forward-looking statements. This desk did not independently verify lease economics or Google’s contractual step-in rights beyond the cited press release, 8-K and CoinDesk report.

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