CoinDesk Podcast Network The Blockspace Pod: An Update on TeraWulf’s AI Expansion w/ Nazar Khan
Mar 12, 2026
Nazar Khan, CTO of TeraWulf who leads technical strategy and the company’s push into AI and repurposing industrial power sites. He discusses building multiple AI-ready sites in Kentucky and Maryland. Talks cover converting former coal plants, massive battery storage for grid reliability, and how bitcoin mining ops fit alongside growing AI and HPC loads.
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Brownfield Sites Deliver Embedded Power Advantage
- Terawulf repurposes brownfield industrial sites to access large, ready-made power capacity.
- Hawesville former aluminum smelter had 480 MW available and five 161 kV lines, enabling 480 MW gross (≈380 MW net) targeted H2 2027 delivery.
Morgantown Campus Designed As Net Energy Supplier
- The Morgantown Maryland campus pairs 1 GW of generation with 1 GW of load and 500 MW of battery to be a net energy supplier to the grid.
- Plan targets late 2028–2029 energy availability and uses batteries to shape load and support grid reliability.
Redundancy From Industrial Transmission Is Highly Valuable
- Industrial sites bring built-in redundancy and high-voltage infrastructure valuable for data centers.
- Lake Mariner and Morgantown each have multiple transmission lines and transformers originally sized for heavy industry or coal plants.