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The Digest's tracker follows 1 West Virginia data center bill: 0 that would restrict development, 0 that favor it, and 1 neutral. 1 has advanced past committee (HB 4983). The map covers 2 West Virginia markets with about 2 GW of capacity and pipeline.
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BillHB 4983: Authorizing the Department of Commerce to promulgate a legislative rule relating to certification of a microgrid district or certification as a high impact data center Neutral
Enacted, last action Jun 29, 2026West Virginia data center legislation
West Virginia data center markets and projects
Mason County, WV (Monarch)
1.3GW planned on-site; up to 8GW long-term; first capacity targeted for 2027.
Nscale is building the Monarch Compute Campus on roughly 2,000 acres along the Ohio River north of Point Pleasant, the first of at least five large…
Tucker County, WV (Ridgeline)
750MW gas microgrid reported (some reports cite 1.6GW); air permit under legal challenge.
Fundamental Data's Ridgeline project is a proposed off-grid, gas-fired data center campus on about 500 acres near Davis and Thomas.
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Updated October 23, 2026. Bill labels are the Digest's own classification of each bill's text; market figures come from CBRE, JLL, and utility filings as cited on the map. All Digest news.