Tag Archive for: Data Centers

Crunch Time on Data Centers

Data Centers seem to be on everyone's mind these days, primarily for the reason that they are very much on the mind of our Republican governor. He is an unabashed advocate for this industry and, as John Doyle describes, is willing to relax the regulations and oversight that every other kind of business has to abide by. Are we going to trust the data centers to play nice in our communities out of the goodness of their silicon hearts?

Door Knocking and Data Centers

Stewart Acuff gives an on-the-ground or, rather, a front-door perspective on what folks in Jefferson County feel about data centers. He goes on to contrast the negative attitude of citizens for these "damn" data centers with the governor's and Republican legislators' open arms policy toward bringing them into the state.

West Virginia’s Data Center Day of Infamy

The nation's most lenient state law governing data center development was born April 1st, 2025. Jeff Hertrick refers to this as West Virginia's Day of Infamy. He unravels how Eastern Panhandle Republicans led the way.