$12B Data Center Coming to Mason County, WV – Where’s the Gas?
Mason County, West Virginia — population roughly 27,000 — just became the most interesting square of dirt in the Mountain State. On September 3, at the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce Business Summit at The Greenbrier, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced that Starwood Digital Ventures has been certified under West Virginia’s high-impact data center program for “Project Tamarack,” a $12 billion campus at West Columbia. It will need 2.16 gigawatts (GW) of power. Unlike its new neighbor up the road, Tamarack isn’t building its own power plant — it’s plugging into the grid. Read More “$12B Data Center Coming to Mason County, WV – Where’s the Gas?”
In early May, MDN brought you details about a proposed NSCALE data center project in Mason County, WV (see 
In August, MDN told you about a new $2 billion hydrogen project coming to West Virginia (see 
Yesterday we told you about a new $2 billion hydrogen project coming to West Virginia (see 
The ARCH2 (Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub) project, the West Virginia-led effort to attract government funding for one of 6-10 regional hydrogen hubs, has just landed its second major commitment–even though ARCH2 hasn’t officially been selected for government funding. Yesterday Fidelis New Energy announced it has selected Mason County, WV, for a $2 billion “net-zero” hydrogen production facility and low carbon microgrid, which it has dubbed The Mountaineer GigaSystem. The Fidelis plan includes building data centers powered by net-zero hydrogen. Mountaineer will use FidelisH2 technology that produces hydrogen with zero lifecycle carbon emissions from a combination of Marcellus/Utica gas, renewable energy, and CCUS (carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration).