---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-009212"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CENX"
cik: "0000949157"
company_name: "CENTURY ALUMINUM CO"
filed_at: "2026-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T05:52:17.881786+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Century Aluminum sells Hawesville site for $200M cash and 6.8% equity stake in data center venture with TeraWulf

## Summary
- Sold ~750 acres in Hawesville, KY to Justified DataPower LLC (TeraWulf affiliate) for $200M cash plus 6.8% non-dilutive minority interest in Raylan Data Holdings.
- TeraWulf to redevelop site into a HPC/AI digital infrastructure campus; expected to create construction and permanent jobs.
- Century retains minority stake with no capital contribution obligations; has right to require purchase after 1st anniversary of data center operations.
- Transaction closed Feb 2, 2026; BofA Securities acted as exclusive financial advisor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-009212
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CENX
- cik: 0000949157
- company_name: CENTURY ALUMINUM CO
- filed_at: 2026-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949157/000110465926009212/0001104659-26-009212-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949157/000110465926009212/tm264772d1_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 1773b8ea36e853853daaca5d6cf1bcc06ef02a68
  claim: CENTURY ALUMINUM CO completed a disposition involving Justified DataPower LLC for Two Hundred Million dollars ($200,000,000) in cash, and a 6.8% non-dilutive minority equity interest (closed 2026-02-02).
  evidence_excerpt: subsidiary of Century Aluminum Company (the “Company”). The total consideration payable by Purchaser to CAKY for the Property consists of (a) Two Hundred Million dollars ($200,000,000) in cash, and (b) a 6.8% non-dilutive minority equity interest (the “Data Center Minority Interest”) in Raylan Data Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949157/000110465926009212/0001104659-26-009212-index.htm
- claim_id: 30ded015a44dc8f04e915e3903bb3928911a28dd
  claim: CENTURY ALUMINUM CO entered into Purchase and Sale Agreement with Justified DataPower LLC valued at Two Hundred Million dollars ($200,000,000) in cash (effective 2026-02-02).
  evidence_excerpt: On February 2, 2026, Century Aluminum of Kentucky General Partnership, a Kentucky general partnership (“CAKY”) and Justified DataPower LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Purchaser”), entered into an agreement of purchase and sale (the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949157/000110465926009212/0001104659-26-009212-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.