Data Center Atlas
TeraWulf Chesapeake Data Campus (Morgantown)
Proposed
United States · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
TeraWulf plan to buy the Morgantown Generating Station on the Potomac River in Charles County, Maryland, from GenOn and redevelop it as a data campus with on-site power. The former coal plant, whose coal boilers retired in 2022, now runs about 210 to 220 MW of oil-fired units. TeraWulf proposes restarting it on natural gas and adding battery storage to support up to 1 GW of data center load on about 250 buildable acres, starting with about 500 MW. FERC approved the sale in July 2026 and TeraWulf contemplates first data center operations in 2030, but Charles County zoning does not yet allow data centers.
Source record as of 2026-08-05 · Details and sources
Location
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Projects (1)
TeraWulf Chesapeake Data Campus (Morgantown)
Proposed last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Morgantown, Charles County, Maryland, US. Sources name the Morgantown Generating Station in Charles County without an address. Coordinates are the Morgantown community point from its Wikipedia article, which notes the plant's smokestacks; they are not the plant site itself. TeraWulf; The Baltimore Banner; Wikipedia
Use: Hpc
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | up to 1,000 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2026-08-05 | TeraWulf describes expansion to support up to 1 GW of load, and press reports describe 1 GW of gas-fired generation for data centers; the two are not clearly separated. | TeraWulf; TeraWulf; The Baltimore Banner |
| Power capacity | about 500 MW | Planned · Phase · Unspecified · Initial phase | 2026-02-02 | TeraWulf | |
| Power capacity | about 210 MW | Operational · Phase · Onsite generation · Existing oil-fired generation | 2026-08-05 | Existing grid-connected generation at the plant; The Banner puts it at about 220 MW from 1970s-era oil units. This supplies the grid, not a data center. | TeraWulf; TeraWulf; The Baltimore Banner; TeraWulf |
| Land area | about 250 acres | Planned · Campus | 2026-02-02 | Buildable acres included in the acquisition. | TeraWulf |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| TeraWulf | Developer | Buyer of the generating station under a February 2026 agreement; the purchase price is confidential. | TeraWulf; TeraWulf; The Baltimore Banner |
| GenOn Holdings | Owner | Current owner and seller of the plant; the sale awaited closing after FERC approval. | The Baltimore Banner |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | Announced | Actual | TeraWulf announced the planned acquisition, subject to third-party consents and regulatory approvals including FERC. | TeraWulf |
| 2026-07-29 | Other | Actual | FERC authorized TeraWulf's acquisition of the Morgantown station; other closing conditions and approvals remained. | TeraWulf; The Baltimore Banner |
| 2026-07 | Other | Actual | Charles County commissioners declined to change zoning to allow data centers and chose to study the issue. | The Baltimore Banner |
| 2030 | First operational | Planned | Initial data center operations contemplated for 2030. | TeraWulf |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Natural gas onsite | TeraWulf plans to restart the plant on natural gas to power the data campus. The Banner reports that Maryland's top environmental regulator offered in a December letter to expedite approvals, including pipeline rights-of-way; the governor's office said the letter covered cleanup only. | The Baltimore Banner |
| Battery storage | About 500 MW of battery storage is planned so excess generation can be exported to the grid. | TeraWulf; The Baltimore Banner |
| Grid | The existing plant is grid-connected in the PJM market, and TeraWulf aims for the site to remain a net energy supplier to Maryland. | TeraWulf |
The Q1 2026 release (s4) still listed the acquisition as subject to regulatory approvals including FERC. No source opened confirms that the sale has closed. Data center construction would also need a local zoning path, which Charles County had not provided as of July 2026. TeraWulf's releases describe the site as suited to compute-intensive uses without naming AI. Environmental and consumer groups opposed the sale at FERC over electricity price and grid concerns.
Sources for these details
- TeraWulf expands digital and power infrastructure portfolio with strategic acquisitions in Kentucky and Maryland — TeraWulf; 2026-02-02
- TeraWulf reports second quarter 2026 results — TeraWulf; 2026-08-05 · Archived source
- Feds approve sale of Potomac River power plant to data center developer — The Baltimore Banner; 2026-07-29 · Archived source
- TeraWulf reports first quarter 2026 results — TeraWulf; 2026-05-08
- Morgantown, Maryland — Wikipedia; publication date not stated
- Companies
Source and location review
- Status source
- TeraWulf reports second quarter 2026 results evidence row
TeraWulf · published 2026-08-05 · Company disclosure - Locator
- Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality evidence
- Source checks
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No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 83 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 38.34530, -76.97110
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Locality reference only
- Scope class
- locality
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- Sources name the Morgantown Generating Station in Charles County without an address. Coordinates are the Morgantown community point from its Wikipedia article, which notes the plant's smokestacks; they are not the plant site itself.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- 973d660a
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feds approve sale of Potomac River power plant to data center developer Archived copy | The Baltimore Banner News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Battery Storage, Power Source: Natural Gas Onsite, Role: Developer, Owner claim | source-terms-not-recorded | The Baltimore Banner | a244673f866e61842d33bcfa64390c22be7c063e08a206c46149a23ff2cd5874Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Morgantown, Maryland Archived copy | Wikipedia Other | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Wikipedia | 880841ad85b5f1b152d0c6ca1c3bfa939256ab8087abedf01b9ab609e9c04ba8Factual source record; not the publisher page | |
| TeraWulf expands digital and power infrastructure portfolio with strategic acquisitions in Kentucky and Maryland Archived copy | TeraWulf Company disclosure | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Announced, Power Source: Battery Storage, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | TeraWulf | f234f1906983dd4f4e5cc634d480fff67c0b9b57b4fca4254829994efd4edb79Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| TeraWulf reports first quarter 2026 results Archived copy | TeraWulf Company disclosure | Imported: Record, Metric: Power Capacity | source-terms-not-recorded | TeraWulf | affd262fdf7c5b834fb00535782d5d74c97bc48fd09590b5cf9c2eb8a9050188Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| TeraWulf reports second quarter 2026 results Archived copy | TeraWulf Company disclosure | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: First Operational, Milestone: Other, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | TeraWulf | 59749fea849ef437f7576699b9da982577ad7b4fd15f1ba2ccf544fac3159800Factual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). TeraWulf Chesapeake Data Campus (Morgantown) [site vcc-site-6a1efb9a8859fd17aa59]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-6a1efb9a8859fd17aa59/
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