Data center campus · Morgantown Generating Station, Newburg area, on the Potomac River, Charles County, Maryland

TeraWulf Morgantown site

Site zoned or marketed as of July 29, 2026

A power plant site that TeraWulf agreed to buy in 2026 to develop up to 1 GW of computing load with on-site generation. Also known as: Morgantown Generating Station.

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Power500MW reported · stated
Site250acres

Who is behind it

ProjectTeraWulf Morgantown siteAlso: Morgantown Generating Station
Developer and teamTeraWulf Inc.
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. FERC approved the sale over objections from Maryland's Office of People's Counsel and PJM's market monitor, as reported by Technical.ly. (Technical.ly, July 29, 2026)

  2. TeraWulf announced it was acquiring the Morgantown Generating Station, about 210 MW of generation on roughly 250 buildable acres, and planned about 500 MW of load in a first phase. (TeraWulf Inc., Feb. 2, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Charles County's zoning rules and any pending county legislation on data centers were not checked in a county record.

The full record

Status note
TeraWulf is buying the power plant site to host data center load; no county application was found, and Charles County's zoning rules for data centers were not checked.
Power note
TeraWulf says it plans about 500 MW in a first phase and up to 1 GW of load over time, alongside on-site generation.
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.