Tag Archive for: Data Centers

West Virginia Legislature Denies Water Quantity Amendment to Data Center Rule

Lucia Valentine reports on how the legislature failed to provide a rule for prospective data centers to determine the potential impact on water availability of their facilities. Will there be any negative impact on the water availability for farmers and residential users?

Jefferson County Development Authority Meets With Data Center Experts

Jenny Thacker attended the JC Development Authority meeting regarding data centers in Jefferson County. She reports that the invitees were one-sided in their praise for these centers and largely dismissive of the issues that communities affected by them raise. Jenny posed these questions in a recap of the meetings in a Letter to the Editor in the Spirit of Jefferson.

Will Data Centers Law Be Amended?

Data Centers may be coming to Jefferson County thanks to Republican Governor Morrisey and our legislature. Not only are they coming, but we the citizens of the county have no say into deciding whether we want them or not. Furthermore, .we get only 30% of the tax revenue, but 100% of the noise, water table depletion, and higher electricity bills. And there aren't so very many jobs. John Doyle hopes that the law will be amended.