Data Center Legal Fight Continues as Opposition Group Files Appeal

Three groups, including the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Tucker United, and the Sierra Club, have filed an appeal seeking to overturn recent decisions by state regulators to approve a proposed natural gas-fired power plant near Davis, West Virginia. The power plant is intended to supply electricity to a large complex of data centers that would be built nearby. The groups opposing the power plant argue that state officials allowed the backers of the power plant to improperly classify the facility as a minor source of air pollution, limiting public oversight. Fundamental Data, the company seeking to build the power plant, remains confident in the regulatory process and is moving forward with development.