By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has scheduled a public meeting to take questions and input on air quality permit applications for data center operations that have drawn significant opposition over potential environmental health and energy cost impacts.
The DEP will hold a virtual public meeting Monday on two permit applications from New York City-based TransGas Development Systems LLC to build neighboring gas-powered facilities for data center campus operations in Mingo County. The proposed facilities are the Adams Fork Harless Data Center Energy Campus to be located o of 22 Mine Road near Holden and Adams Fork Data Energy Center to be located at 2002 Twisted Gun Road in Wharnclie.
The proposed TransGas facilities would have the potential to emit hundreds of air pollutants, and the applications indicate there would be onsite haul road activities and equipment leaks.
