TeraWulf Announces Full Deployment of 50 MW at Nautilus Bitcoin Mining Facility Ahead of Schedule
The first behind-the-meter Bitcoin mining facility powered by 100% nuclear power in the US. TeraWulf benefits from a fixed power cost of just $0.02 per kilowatt-hour over a five-year period at the Nautilus facility. The company remains on target to deliver 5.5 EH/s (50,000 miners, 160 MW) across the two facilities in Q2’23
TeraWulf Inc. (Nasdaq: WULF) (“TeraWulf” or the “Company”), owners and operators of vertically integrated domestic Bitcoin mining facilities powered by more than 91% zero-carbon energy, announced today that the Company has now fully energized its 50-MW stake in the Nautilus Cryptomine facility, a joint venture with Cumulus Coin, LLC.
The Nautilus facility represents the first back-meter Bitcoin mining facility of its kind, directly deriving reliable, carbon-free, 24×7 baseload power from the 2.5 GW Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant in Pennsylvania. The company implemented its full share in phase one of the facility – 50 MW and 1.9 EH/s – ahead of schedule. TeraWulf has the option to add an additional 50 MW of mining capacity at the Nautilus facility, which the company plans to deploy in future phases.
With TeraWulf’s stake in the Nautilus facility now fully up to 50 MW, the company currently has an operating hash rate of 4 EH/s, reflecting a nearly 100% year-to-date increase. TeraWulf has an operational fleet of approximately 34,500 of the latest generation miners, consisting of 18,500 miners at the wholly-owned Lake Mariner facility in New York (of which 5,000 are hosted) and 16,000 self-miners at the nuclear-powered Nautilus facility in Pennsylvania.
“Our team has been working quickly and diligently to achieve our stated goal of reaching 5.5 EH/s of operational mining capacity by Q2 2023,” said Paul Prager, Chairman and CEO of TeraWulf. “Deploying 50 MW of mining capacity at the Nautilus plant is an important milestone for the company. Not only does it represent the first nuclear-powered Bitcoin mining facility in the US, but TeraWulf now has the opportunity to realize the economic benefit of 50 MW of zero-carbon mining at what is arguably the lowest contracted power cost in the sector – just $0.02/kWh for a period of five years,” continued Prager.
In addition to the 50 MW of self-extraction capacity now online at Nautilus, TeraWulf currently has 60 MW in operation at Lake Mariner and is in the final stages of construction on Building 2, which will increase Lake Mariner’s operational capacity to over 110 MW in the coming the time weeks. Altogether, the company expects to have a total operating capacity of 50,000 miners (5.5 EH/s) in Q2 2023, representing approximately 160 MW of power demand.
About TeraWulf
TeraWulf (Nasdaq: WULF) owns and operates vertically integrated, environmentally friendly Bitcoin mining facilities in the United States. Led by an experienced group of energy entrepreneurs, the company currently has two Bitcoin mining facilities: the wholly owned Lake Mariner facility in New York, and the Nautilus Cryptomine facility in Pennsylvania, a joint venture with Cumulus Coin, LLC. TeraWulf generates domestically produced Bitcoin powered by nuclear, hydro and solar power with a goal of harnessing 100% zero carbon energy. With a core focus on ESG that is directly linked to business success, TeraWulf expects to offer attractive mining economics on an industrial scale.
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