Dan Cox Targets Wes Moore Over $12,000 TeraWulf Donations as Data Center Fight Deepens
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Updated · Maryland Matters · Aug 15
Dan Cox Targets Wes Moore Over $12,000 TeraWulf Donations as Data Center Fight Deepens
2 articles · Updated · Maryland Matters · Aug 15
Summary
$12,000 in 2025 donations from TeraWulf’s founder and his wife became Dan Cox’s main line of attack on Wes Moore at a Maryland candidates’ forum, where Cox called the governor’s handling of a Charles County data center project a “scandal.”
Cox tied the donations to TeraWulf’s plan to redevelop the retired Morgantown coal plant after federal approval of its purchase, while Moore’s administration has signaled support for gas pipeline routing and site remediation.
Moore did not answer Cox directly at the event because candidates appeared separately, but he said Maryland would not follow Virginia’s data center model and insisted projects should bring their own energy, fund infrastructure and meet environmental rules.
Local control was Moore’s clearest red line: he said any jurisdiction that does not want a data center should have the final say, even as Cox called for an immediate statewide moratorium on hyperscale facilities.
The clash comes with Moore holding a 27-point lead over Cox in a recent poll, turning data centers into one of the sharpest policy divides in Maryland’s governor’s race.