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TeraWulf Morgantown Generating Station AI Campus

Charles County, Maryland · All 5 TeraWulf sites

ProposedContestedAI likelyRecord updated September 10, 2026

TeraWulf Morgantown Generating Station AI Campus is a proposed data center in Maryland (Charles County), operated by TeraWulf. The public record puts it at announced February 2026, 1 GW planned, 250 acres. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.

Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.

Facility record

Proposed

Operator
TeraWulf
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
Charles County, MD
Coordinates
38.3620, -77.1290
Power capacity
1 GW planned
Land
250 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
February 2026
Utility
Dominion Energy Virginia
Power source
Mixed
On site generation
500 MW
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
Contested
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. February 2026
    Proposed
    TeraWulf announced acquisition of Morgantown Generating Station (250 buildable acres, ~210 MW current operational capacity) from existing owner. Acquisition pending FERC approval and third-party consents (expected Q2 or Q3 2026 closing). Zoning text amendment (ZTA) required. TeraWulf shifting from Bitcoin mining to AI/HPC data centers. Source: Technical.ly

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. TeraWulf Morgantown Generating Station AI Campus in Charles County, Maryland is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Charles County Planning Commission voted to recommend denial of ZTA in March 2026 and again in June 2026 public hearing (four hours of resident testimony).

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.

Charles County Planning Commission voted to recommend denial of ZTA in March 2026 and again in June 2026 public hearing (four hours of resident testimony). Charles County Against Data Centers Coalition active. County has no explicit data center zoning; commissioners voted 3-2 to send proposed ZTA back to planning board.

Source: Nature Forward

Power and water

Former coal-fired plant (closed 2022) on PJM grid near Potomac River. TeraWulf plans 500 MW initial generation expansion; ultimate target 1 GW of on-site power to support 1 GW data center load while remaining net-positive energy supplier.

Notes on the record

Morgantown Generating Station is on the Potomac River near the Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge, Charles County MD. Acquisition funding and TeraWulf financial stability questioned by Maryland Office of People's Counsel (net losses $660M+ in 2025, 90% revenue from Bitcoin mining). Coordinates approximate. TeraWulf sought about $100M in Maryland state funds toward the Morgantown acquisition; the purchase price is withheld from FERC as confidential (FOIA Exemption 4), which Public Citizen is petitioning to disclose. No cooling design, water-withdrawal figure, confirmed subsidy, or job count has been publicly disclosed for the proposed AI campus. Re-checked 2026-09-10: overall record status correctly remains PROPOSED. Material development since lastUpdated (2026-07-23): FERC ruled 2026-07-29 that the ownership transfer of Morgantown Generating Station to TeraWulf is consistent with the public interest, but the order explicitly does not authorize data-center construction, new/repowered generation, or interconnection changes -- so 'proposed' remains the correct enum. Purchase price was kept confidential by FERC order (no investmentUsd figure obtainable). No water/cooling or jobs figures found this run. [Applier note 2026-09-10: the finding proposed only location.city, which the enrichment intent schema deliberately does not accept (enrichment fills street and postalCode only and cannot change a facility's city). Converted to a notes-only finding so the substantive research lands; the proposed city change needs a maintainer hand-edit.]

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
Which document closes each gap
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.

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Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the TeraWulf Morgantown Generating Station AI Campus in Charles County, Maryland?

Yes. TeraWulf Morgantown Generating Station AI Campus in Charles County, Maryland is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Charles County Planning Commission voted to recommend denial of ZTA in March 2026 and again in June 2026 public hearing (four hours of resident testimony).

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the TeraWulf Morgantown Generating Station AI Campus?

No lawsuit over TeraWulf Morgantown Generating Station AI Campus appears in the record we track as of September 10, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does TeraWulf Morgantown Generating Station AI Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for TeraWulf Morgantown Generating Station AI Campus is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates TeraWulf Morgantown Generating Station AI Campus, and how big is it?

TeraWulf is the operator on record. We hold 5 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 1 GW. The site is recorded at 250 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "TeraWulf Morgantown Generating Station AI Campus," updated September 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/terawulf-morgantown-charles-county-md.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/terawulf-morgantown-charles-county-md, retrieved September 14, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.TeraWulf buys Maryland coal plant to fuel AI data centers · Technical.ly · retrieved July 6, 2026
  2. 2.Charles County's Morgantown Plant Being Bought By Data Infrastructure Company · The BayNet · retrieved July 6, 2026
  3. 3.TeraWulf Data Center, Charles County MD: Maryland Data Center Series, Pt. 1 · Nature Forward · retrieved July 6, 2026
  4. 4.$100M in taxpayer money: Public Citizen demands TeraWulf reveal Morgantown deal · The BayNet · retrieved July 6, 2026
  5. 5.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026

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