How TeraWulf’s Anthropic Deal Booted Up a $19B AI Empire

TeraWulf Inc. secured a landmark 20-year lease agreement with Anthropic worth an estimated $19 billion, transitioning from volatile cryptocurrency mining to stable, high-margin AI infrastructure hosting. The company sold its stake in the Abernathy Joint Venture for $450 million to fund the 401-megawatt Justified Data campus in Kentucky. This shift from unpredictable mining rewards (~$87,000/MW/month) to utility-grade AI workloads (~$149,000/MW/month) fundamentally improves margins and revenue visibility, while high institutional ownership and elevated short interest create potential for significant price appreciation.