Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration, Equity Interest Percentage

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Debt Covenant, Restricted Cash

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Minority Interest Purchase Right

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Minority Interest Purchase Right, Output Triggering Level

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Amount after tax of gain (loss) not previously recognized resulting from the disposal of a discontinued operation.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Sale of Hawesville - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
Sale of Hawesville - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	Feb. 02, 2026 USD ($) MW	Mar. 31, 2026 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Recognized gain		$ 287.9	$ 0.0
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale \| Hawesville Facility
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of hawesville facility	$ 200.0
Minority interest purchase right	$ 300.0
Data center operations output triggering level \| MW	375
Recognized gain	$ 287.9
Debt covenant, restricted cash		$ 88.1
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale \| Hawesville Facility \| Terawulf Affiliate
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Non-dilutive minority equity interest, percent	6.80%