West Virginia: data centers & your electric bill
As of October 1, 2026, AI GridWatch has no documented data center moratorium or pushback action on record in West Virginia. The state has 8 tracked data center facilities using an estimated 0.1 TWh of electricity a year.
Everything GridWatch tracks in West Virginia on one page — proposed projects, moratoriums, permits, officials, and the 2026 ballot.
Subscribe by RSS — moratorium changes and community headlines for West Virginia.
As of July 2026 (3m ago) · changes over months · Source: U.S. Data Center Power Map by State — ElectricChoice.com compilation (updated July 2026; CC-BY 4.0). Underlying load research: LBNL 2024 US Data Center Energy Usage Report; rates: EIA
Facility counts vary by directory because each one draws the boundary differently — DataCenterMap lists 44 in Alabama where this table says 35, since it counts small network rooms alongside hyperscale campuses. Cite the TWh figure rather than the facility count when you can; it is the number that speaks to grid impact. Underlying load research is LBNL-2001637 (Dec 2024).
1Proposed data centers in West Virginia
GridWatch is not yet tracking a named project in West Virginia. That is a gap in our coverage, not evidence that nothing is proposed — most projects surface first in a zoning agenda, weeks before any reporting.
2Other West Virginia communities in the news (2)
Places with archived data-center coverage but no moratorium on file. Grouped automatically from headlines and not verified — a lead worth reading, not a claim to cite.
- Mason County — 22 archived headlines
- Tucker County — 4 archived headlines
3Every data center already built in West Virginia
GridWatch does not yet track a named hyperscale campus in West Virginia, but that does not mean the state has none. DataCenterMap keeps a public directory of existing facilities — street addresses included — for West Virginia.
Browse the West Virginia directory →
Two caveats before you cite it at a hearing: it lists facilities that already exist, so a newly proposed campus will not appear; and it counts a small network room the same as a hyperscale campus, so the facility count is not a measure of power draw or community impact.
4Your regulator
West Virginia Public Service Commission — website · file a complaint
Official state energy data: EIA West Virginia electricity profile — generation, prices, and consumption from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
5Where the West Virginia paper trail lives
Air & environmental permits: West Virginia DEP — Division of Air Quality
No searchable register. West Virginia does not publish a permit database you can query. A public-records request to the agency is the only route to the file.
Grid interconnection queue: PJM Interconnection (Mid-Atlantic, Ohio Valley)
A routing hint only — several states are split between markets, and the serving utility is the only authority on which queue a given site is in.
These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records.
6Tucker County — Tucker County Commission
Meets: 2nd Wednesday 9:00 a.m. year-round; 4th Wednesday 4:00 p.m. (Nov-Apr) / 6:00 p.m. (May-Oct) · Courtroom, Tucker County Courthouse, 211 First Street, Parsons, WV 26287
Public comment: Agendas posted on the website and around the courthouse. To be added to the agenda, contact the Tucker County Clerk's Office in advance.
Source: https://tuckercountycommission.com/county-commission · as of 2026-07-26
7Mason County — County Commission
Meets: 4 regular sessions/year at the courthouse (statutory minimum); see the county's agenda page for the full schedule. · Mason County Courthouse, Point Pleasant, WV
Public comment: See the commission's published agenda for the public-comment process for a specific meeting.
Source: https://masoncountywv.gov/government/mason-county-commission · as of 2026-08-12
8Your federal delegation and governor
Grades cross party — this is an issue axis, not a partisan one. A blank grade means no documented action was located, never that the official is neutral.
| Grade | Official | Documented action (sourced) | Reach them |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Patrick Morrisey Republican · Governor | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
| — | James C. Justice Republican · Senator · next on the ballot 2030 | No documented action on data centers located Mixed Touts data-center investment in Mason County and tells companies coming to West Virginia they must 'take care of everybody' on electricity bills, water, noise and the environment. sources | site · contact |
| — | Shelley Moore Capito Republican · Senator · on the 2026 ballot | No documented action on data centers located Mixed Actively recruits data centers to West Virginia ('we want them') while saying operators must engage communities early and be transparent about local effects. sources | site · contact |
| — | Carol D. Miller Republican · Representative 1 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
| — | Riley M. Moore Republican · Representative 2 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
Roster: regenerated by scripts/refresh_officials.py (Senate XML + congress-legislators + current governors).
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92026 U.S. Senate race
PVI R+21 · Seat held by Shelley Moore Capito (Republican) · Incumbent renominated
Rachel Fetty Anderson (Democratic) No record found
No documented statement or action on data centers located. Not scored — see how this page treats silence.
Shelley Moore Capito (Republican) · incumbent No record found
No documented statement or action on data centers located. Not scored — see how this page treats silence.
Tech & utility PAC money: $57,000 from 15 committees (FEC, cycle 2026, pulled 2026-08-26) — FEC record
Rio Phillips (Write-in) No record found
No documented statement or action on data centers located. Not scored — see how this page treats silence.
S. Marshall Wilson (Constitution) No record found
No documented statement or action on data centers located. Not scored — see how this page treats silence.
Ballot roster: state candidate list (read 2026-08-25).
102026 U.S. House races in West Virginia (2)
A documented data-center record exists in 2 of 2 districts. A candidate with no badge colour has said nothing we could locate — that is a gap in the record, not a neutral position. ★ marks an incumbent.
| District | PVI | Incumbent | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|
| WV-1 | R+22 | Carol Miller | Carol Miller ★ Vince George |
| WV-2 | R+20 | Riley Moore | Ace Parsi Riley Moore ★ |
The documented records (2 districts)
WV-1
Carol Miller (Republican) · incumbent Consensus vote only
On the record only for voting yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act (417-3). No other data-center record located yet.
- Voted yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed 417-3 (roll call 312). It directs state utility commissions to consider rate designs making data centers with 100 MW or more of peak demand at one site pay the full incremental cost of the generation and grid upgrades they require. A near-unanimous vote: shown on the record, not scored on its own. (2026-09-16 — source)
Record read 2026-09-22.
WV-2
Ace Parsi (Democratic) Guardrails
Called for repeal of WV HB 2014 (state preemption law); wants community referendums on data centers
- Called for repeal of HB 2014 (Power Generation and Consumption Act) which preempts local data center regulation; stated communities should decide via referendum whether data centers can move in; said he will 'halt the data centers being built in communities that will only expand corporate profits' (2026-05-03 — source)
Record read 2026-09-12.
Riley Moore (Republican) · incumbent Guardrails
Cosponsored Ratepayer Protection Act requiring data centers to pay infrastructure costs
- Cosponsored the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340) requiring states to consider directing data centers to pay the full cost of new generation and transmission upgrades; stated the bill ensures 'data centers — not American families, small businesses, and other ratepayers — are responsible for the costs' (2026-08-31 — source)
- Voted yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed 417-3 (roll call 312). It directs state utility commissions to consider rate designs making data centers with 100 MW or more of peak demand at one site pay the full incremental cost of the generation and grid upgrades they require. A near-unanimous vote: shown on the record, not scored on its own. (2026-09-16 — source)
Record read 2026-09-12.
Recent mentions (1) — automated, not verified
Headlines that name this candidate and mention data centers or AI. Matched by a script, read by nobody. A mention is a lead, not a record — do not cite one as a position.
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