Residents and the group Tucker United oppose Fundamental Data's proposed Ridgeline campus in Tucker County, W.Va., whose roughly 785-megawatt power plant would run mainly on natural gas with diesel as backup. Plans call for an initial 291 acres, which local news reports say could grow to 10,000, and an astronomy club analysis found it could raise sky glow near Blackwater Falls State Park by 528%.
Virginia data center news
Virginia headlines cover local projects, utility questions and state tax policy. Wythe County residents criticized a Fluidstack open house and asked for tighter zoning, while Fluidstack says its project there will use closed-loop cooling and sought no tax incentives. Chesterfield residents questioned Google and Dominion at a forum, state budget leaders remain split on the $1.9B-a-year data center sales-tax exemption, and Amazon dropped a $427M Loudoun County plan.
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- Tucker County, W.Va., residents fight gas-powered data center