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Anthropic’s $19B Lease Puts AI Load in the Spotlight

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 · 6 min

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Anthropic signed a $19 billion, 20-year TeraWulf data center lease in Kentucky, while Duke Energy moved toward large-load tariffs in North Carolina and Virginia’s Digital Gateway megaproject kept unraveling.

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Anthropic signed a $19 billion, 20-year TeraWulf data center lease in Kentucky, while Duke Energy moved toward large-load tariffs in North Carolina and Virginia’s Digital Gateway megaproject kept unraveling.

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