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West Virginia

West Virginia is not located within Texas and therefore does not directly constitute part of Texas datacenter infrastructure, though some Texas datacenters may source electricity from regional power grids that include West Virginia coal and natural gas generation.

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Project Matador, Pacifico, and Meta Take 16,000 Acres; Stamford Got 60 Days

June 4, 2026

Monterey Park Bans Datacenters by Ballot. Texas Cities Write Rules Instead.

Caterpillar secured a 2 GW commitment from American Intelligence & Power Corp. for the Monarch Compute Campus in West Virginia using Cat G3516 sets with seven-second ramp

May 15, 2026

Behind-the-Meter Gas Is the New Default. Chevron Just Set the Texas Template.

Microsoft's 8 GW Nscale microgrid in West Virginia starts 2027; its proposed 2.5 GW Chevron/Engine No. 1 deal anchors a Texas campus.

April 9, 2026

Nine Months to Shape the Rules Texas Is About to Write

Microsoft separately signed a letter of intent for 1.4 GW of behind-the-meter gas in West Virginia.

April 6, 2026

When Military Strikes Take Down Cloud Regions, Location Becomes Strategy

Pennsylvania and West Virginia are the only PJM states currently exporting energy, with Virginia's 35% share of global hyperscale data centers drawing heavily on imports.

April 4, 2026

Developers Who Own Their Power Are Writing the New Site Selection Rules

Nscale's acquisition of American Intelligence & Power Corporation puts a $14.6 billion, Nvidia-backed company in control of power generation and compute delivery on a single platform, with an 8-GW runway at the Monarch Compute Campus in West Virginia and a 1.35-GW letter of intent from Microsoft.

March 3, 2026

Gigawatt Ambitions, County-Level Resistance: Who Blinks First?

Caterpillar locked in 2 GW of fast-response gas gensets for AIP's Monarch Compute Campus in West Virginia.

February 28, 2026

Self-Supplied Power Is Table Stakes. Six States Are Already Closing the Door.

Penzance's contrasting experience is instructive: its $4B, 600 MW West Virginia project sailed through under HB 2014's "high-impact" datacenter law, while its Fredericksburg, Virginia project was twice rejected by the planning commission.

February 27, 2026

6.5 GW Under Construction, 30% Slippage: The Real Cost of Texas's Datacenter Sprint

Form Energy CEO Mateo Jaramillo confirmed this is the company's first direct datacenter deployment, with its West Virginia factory targeting 500 MW annual production by 2028.

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