Monroe County WV data center inquiry (Highway 41 South area)
Monroe County, WV
Monroe County WV data center inquiry (Highway 41 South area) is an announced data center project in Monroe County, WV. Rumored / unconfirmed: After residents reported a data center team scouting land near WV-41 South, the Monroe County Commission issued a Feb 4, 2026 statement listing environmental and fiscal concerns while saying it had no knowledge of whether the project was moving forward (The Real WV, Feb 6, 2026). WVVA reported June 8, 2026 that residents continued to raise concerns about a 'potential data center,' and a 'Monroe County Against Data Centers' group formed ahead of comprehensive-plan hearings in Sept 2026. No developer, site or size has been publicly confirmed. (Source dated 2026-02-04.).
Project status
- Announced
- Permitting
- Under constructionNot yet
- OperationalNot yet
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Community sentiment
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Records and documentation
West Virginia state legislation
- SB695 - Department of Commerce rule relating to certification of microgrid district or certification as high impact data centerDescription comingDownload
- SB658 - Relating to certified microgrid district projects and certified high impact data center projectsDescription comingDownload
- HB4948 - To create a buffer zone between a data center and residence, school or house of worshipDescription comingDownload
- HB4983 - Authorizing the Department of Commerce to promulgate a legislative rule relating to certification of a microgrid district or certification as a high impact data centerDescription comingDownload
- HB4854 - Prohibiting the state or any political subdivision from subsidizing any data center in West VirginiaDescription comingDownload
- HB5620 - To restore local control in the decision making process in regard to data centersDescription comingDownload
- HB5590 - Create a limited and predictable water-quantity review framework for High Impact Data Centers (HIDCs) in West Virginia.Description comingDownload
- SB623 - Establishing economic incentives for data centers to locate within WVDescription comingDownload
- SB652 - Relating to distribution of tax revenues collected from data centersDescription comingDownload
- HB4822 - To redirect data center tax revenue to PEIA, counties, and schoolsDescription comingDownload
Site details
- Operator
- Not announced
- County
- Monroe County, WV
- Address
- Monroe County, WV
- Stage
- Announced
Capacity and size: not on file
Map
Photos
Google Street View · nearby land, not the exact site
ComEd customers could pay billions for data center hookups, warns utility watchdog groupShaw Local Enewspapers
An $8 billion Treasury break helped Meta’s tax rate hit 2%. Senators want data center tax answersFortune
The states with the fewest and most data centers, rankedBusiness Insider
Finns Are Seething After Google Illegally Toppled 250,000 Trees for a Data CenterMother Jones
Google offer to pay others to help data center powerArkansas Online
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