Opposition Continues To Data Center In WV

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Kathy Cornwell

Tucker County residents continue to oppose a data center and power plant proposed near the towns of Davis and Thomas. West Virginia state regulators approved Fundamental Data’s request for an air quality permit for a 500-acre natural gas operation to power the data center.  Davis Mayor Alan Tomson believes lawmakers and West Virginia’s Department of Environmental Protection failed locals…

“I would maintain that the DEP did not live up to their mission, which is to protect the environment. I don’t think that they applied any judgment to the process, nor did they use any common sense.”