Project Maverick off-grid data center, Gateway Industrial Park (Diversified Energy / Maverick Holdings)
Jenkins, Letcher County, KY
Diversified Energy (Diversified Gas & Oil Corp.) / Maverick Holdings LLC with AIDA has announced Project Maverick off-grid data center, Gateway Industrial Park (Diversified Energy / Maverick Holdings), a data center project in Jenkins, KY. Reported capacity is 100 MW. Open records obtained by the Herald-Leader (July 16, 2026) show the Appalachian Industrial Development Authority signed a joint development agreement with Diversified Energy and Maverick Holdings LLC ('Project Maverick'), which secured an option on ~100 acres at Gateway Industrial Park to explore a ~100 MW natural-gas-fired, off-grid power station serving an AI data center. One East Kentucky confirmed the partnership July 17, 2026. Early feasibility stage; no tenant, building size or construction date announced; residents have raised transparency and water questions. (Source dated 2026-07-16.).
- 100 MWPlanned capacity
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- Announced
- Permitting
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- HB856 - AN ACT relating to data centers.Description comingDownload
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Site details
- County
- Letcher County, KY
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Address
- Jenkins, KY
- Stage
- Announced
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