RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONSIn April 2021, the Company entered into an Administrative and Infrastructure Services Agreement (the “Services Agreement”) with Beowulf Electricity & Data Inc. (“Beowulf E&D”), a related party due to control by a member of Company management. Under the Services Agreement, Beowulf E&D will provide, or cause its affiliates to provide, to TeraWulf certain services necessary to construct and operate certain bitcoin mining facilities developed or anticipated to be developed by the Company and support the Company’s ongoing business, including, among others, services related to construction, technical and engineering, operations and maintenance, procurement, information technology, finance and accounting, human resources, legal, risk management and external affairs consultation. The Services Agreement has an initial term of five years and provides for certain fixed, passthrough and incentive payments to Beowulf E&D, including issuing to certain designated employees of Beowulf E&D awards with respect to shares of TeraWulf Common Stock upon the consummation of an initial public offering of TeraWulf or the consummation of a merger following which TeraWulf is listed on a nationally recognized securities exchange and, thereafter, upon achievement of certain milestones regarding bitcoin mining capacity deployed at the bitcoin mining facilities. For the base fee, the Company originally agreed to pay Beowulf E&D in monthly installments an annual fee for the first year in the amount of $7.0 million and, thereafter, an annual fee equal to the greater of $10.0 million or $0.0037 per kilowatt hour of electric load utilized by the bitcoin mining facilities. In March 2023, TeraWulf and Beowulf E&D entered into an Amendment No. 1 to the Services Agreement, pursuant to which TeraWulf agreed to pay Beowulf E&D, effective as of January 1, 2023, a reduced annual base fee equal to $8.5 million payable in monthly installments, until all obligations under the Company’s LGSA, as amended and restated from time to time, are either indefeasibly repaid in full or refinanced. The Services Agreement also provides for reimbursement of cost and expenses incurred in connection with providing the services. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company paid Beowulf E&D $16.4 million and $11.0 million, respectively, under the Services Agreement, including payments related to construction agreements with contractors at the Lake Mariner Facility. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, selling, general and administrative expenses – related party in the consolidated statements of operations includes $4.5 million and $10.1 million, respectively, and operating expenses – related party in the consolidated statements of operations includes $0.5 million and $1.0 million, respectively, in each case related to the base fee and reimbursement of costs and expenses. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, selling, general and administrative expenses – related party in the consolidated statements of operations includes $3.0 million and $8.2 million, respectively, and operating expenses – related party in the consolidated statements of operations includes $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively, in each case related to the base fee and reimbursement of costs and expenses. As of September 30, 2023, $0.7 million is included in prepaid expenses, $1.4 million is included in other amounts due to related parties and $7.1 million is included in property, plant and equipment, net in the consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2022, $0.8 million is included in prepaid expenses, $3.0 million, including $2.2 million related to the Payment Netting Agreement, is included in amounts due to related parties and $5.9 million is included in property, plant and equipment, net in the consolidated balance sheet.The Services Agreement also provides for performance related milestones and related incentive compensation. In connection with the listing of its Common Stock on a nationally recognized stock exchange in December 2021, pursuant to the Services Agreement, the Company agreed to issue awards valued at $12.5 million with respect to shares of its Common Stock to certain designated employees of Beowulf E&D in accordance with TeraWulf’s then effective Plan. Once the mining facilities have utilized 100 MW of cryptocurrency mining load in the aggregate, and for every incremental 100 MW of cryptocurrency mining load deployed thereafter, TeraWulf agreed to issue additional awards of shares of TeraWulf Common Stock each in the amount of $2.5 million to certain designated employees of Beowulf E&D in accordance with TeraWulf’s then effective Plan. As of December 31, 2022, the Company considered it probable that the first performance milestone of 100 MW of mining load deployed by the mining facilities would be met, and it was met in April 2023. In September 2023 the Company and Beowulf E&D agreed to settle the $15.0 million share based liabilities due to related party by issuing 2,460,513 shares of the Company's Common Stock with a fair value of $3.4 million and the Company recorded the remaining reduction to the share based liabilities due to related party of $11.6 million to additional paid-in capital during each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023. As of September 30, 2023, the Company considered it probable that the second performance milestone of incremental 100 MW of mining load deployed by the mining facilities will be met. Accordingly, the Company recognized $2.1 million in expense during each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, which is included within selling, general and administrative expense – related party in the consolidated statements of operations and recognized corresponding share based liabilities due to related party in the consolidated balance sheet. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, $2.1 million and $14.6 million, respectively, are included in share based liabilities due to related party in the consolidated balance sheets.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONSIn April 2021, the Company entered into an Administrative and Infrastructure Services Agreement (the “Services Agreement”) with Beowulf Electricity & Data Inc. (“Beowulf E&D”), a related party due to control by a member of Company management. Under the Services Agreement, Beowulf E&D will provide, or cause its affiliates to provide, to TeraWulf certain services necessary to construct and operate certain bitcoin mining facilities developed or anticipated to be developed by the Company and support the Company’s ongoing business, including, among others, services related to construction, technical and engineering, operations and maintenance, procurement, information technology, finance and accounting, human resources, legal, risk management and external affairs consultation. The Services Agreement has an initial term of five years and provides for certain fixed, passthrough and incentive payments to Beowulf E&D, including issuing to certain designated employees of Beowulf E&D awards with respect to shares of TeraWulf Common Stock upon the consummation of an initial public offering of TeraWulf or the consummation of a merger following which TeraWulf is listed on a nationally recognized securities exchange and, thereafter, upon achievement of certain milestones regarding bitcoin mining capacity deployed at the bitcoin mining facilities. For the base fee, the Company originally agreed to pay Beowulf E&D in monthly installments an annual fee for the first year in the amount of $7.0 million and, thereafter, an annual fee equal to the greater of $10.0 million or $0.0037 per kilowatt hour of electric load utilized by the bitcoin mining facilities. In March 2023, TeraWulf and Beowulf E&D entered into an Amendment No. 1 to the Services Agreement, pursuant to which TeraWulf agreed to pay Beowulf E&D, effective as of January 1, 2023, a reduced annual base fee equal to $8.5 million payable in monthly installments, until all obligations under the Company’s LGSA, as amended and restated from time to time, are either indefeasibly repaid in full or refinanced. The Services Agreement also provides for reimbursement of cost and expenses incurred in connection with providing the services. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company paid Beowulf E&D $16.4 million and $11.0 million, respectively, under the Services Agreement, including payments related to construction agreements with contractors at the Lake Mariner Facility. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, selling, general and administrative expenses – related party in the consolidated statements of operations includes $4.5 million and $10.1 million, respectively, and operating expenses – related party in the consolidated statements of operations includes $0.5 million and $1.0 million, respectively, in each case related to the base fee and reimbursement of costs and expenses. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, selling, general and administrative expenses – related party in the consolidated statements of operations includes $3.0 million and $8.2 million, respectively, and operating expenses – related party in the consolidated statements of operations includes $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively, in each case related to the base fee and reimbursement of costs and expenses. As of September 30, 2023, $0.7 million is included in prepaid expenses, $1.4 million is included in other amounts due to related parties and $7.1 million is included in property, plant and equipment, net in the consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2022, $0.8 million is included in prepaid expenses, $3.0 million, including $2.2 million related to the Payment Netting Agreement, is included in amounts due to related parties and $5.9 million is included in property, plant and equipment, net in the consolidated balance sheet.The Services Agreement also provides for performance related milestones and related incentive compensation. In connection with the listing of its Common Stock on a nationally recognized stock exchange in December 2021, pursuant to the Services Agreement, the Company agreed to issue awards valued at $12.5 million with respect to shares of its Common Stock to certain designated employees of Beowulf E&D in accordance with TeraWulf’s then effective Plan. Once the mining facilities have utilized 100 MW of cryptocurrency mining load in the aggregate, and for every incremental 100 MW of cryptocurrency mining load deployed thereafter, TeraWulf agreed to issue additional awards of shares of TeraWulf Common Stock each in the amount of $2.5 million to certain designated employees of Beowulf E&D in accordance with TeraWulf’s then effective Plan. As of December 31, 2022, the Company considered it probable that the first performance milestone of 100 MW of mining load deployed by the mining facilities would be met, and it was met in April 2023. In September 2023 the Company and Beowulf E&D agreed to settle the $15.0 million share based liabilities due to related party by issuing 2,460,513 shares of the Company's Common Stock with a fair value of $3.4 million and the Company recorded the remaining reduction to the share based liabilities due to related party of $11.6 million to additional paid-in capital during each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023. As of September 30, 2023, the Company considered it probable that the second performance milestone of incremental 100 MW of mining load deployed by the mining facilities will be met. Accordingly, the Company recognized $2.1 million in expense during each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, which is included within selling, general and administrative expense – related party in the consolidated statements of operations and recognized corresponding share based liabilities due to related party in the consolidated balance sheet. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, $2.1 million and $14.6 million, respectively, are included in share based liabilities due to related party in the consolidated balance sheets.