Warwood Residents File Civil Suit to Stop Data Center Development
A group of Warwood residents in Wheeling, West Virginia, has filed a civil lawsuit against Silicon Foundry Energy LLC (doing business as Silicon Foundation) to stop a proposed data center development. The complaint seeks an injunction to prevent construction and alleges that House Bill 2014, which regulates high-impact data centers, is unconstitutional. Residents also argue the project falls outside the city's current I-2 Industrial zoning classification.
Residents of Warwood, a community within Wheeling, West Virginia, have initiated legal action to halt the development of a data center by Silicon Foundry Energy LLC, operating as Silicon Foundation. The civil complaint, filed in Ohio County Circuit Court by attorney J. Anthony Edmond Jr., seeks a temporary protective order and injunctive relief to prevent the construction and operation of the Warwood Data Center on the former Centre Foundry & Machine Co. property.
The lawsuit, brought by numerous Warwood residents including Polly Barks and Joe DePaulis, contends that the proposed data center would cause