Google backs TeraWulf’s Anthropic lease plan at Kentucky campus

Cryptopolitan reports that TeraWulf has secured credit support from Google for the financing structure tied to $19 billion in lease commitments to Anthropic. The commitments relate to TeraWulf’s Justified campus in Hawesville, Kentucky, making this the third TeraWulf campus to receive backing associated with Google’s investment-grade credit profile. The reported financing arrangement is intended to lower borrowing costs for TeraWulf’s expansion into AI infrastructure. That diversification strategy would give the company, described as one of bitcoin mining’s largest AI-infrastructure bettors, a substantial Anthropic-related lease obligation alongside its mining operations. No additional outlet independently confirmed the financing structure, so the reported figures and credit-support details remain attributable to Cryptopolitan. TeraWulf’s bitcoin-mining connection remains visible in live network data. Mempool.space reports Bitcoin network hashrate at 1,021 EH/s and mining difficulty at 148.4 trillion, providing operational context for the company’s mining business as it pursues data-center and AI-computing infrastructure. Broader crypto markets were broadly higher, with total market capitalization at $2.75 trillion. Bitcoin was priced at $80,202, up 3.47% over 24 hours but down 0.63% over seven days; its market capitalization was $1.61 trillion, while the Fear & Greed index stood at 34, indicating a Fear reading. The key elements to monitor are the final financing terms and how TeraWulf manages the scale of the Anthropic lease commitments as its AI-infrastructure strategy develops.