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WEST VIRGINIA: Making a Microgrid Out of a Mountain

By District Energy posted 07-29-2025 16:42

  

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Welcome to the next frontier of the world’s most advanced data centers: West Virginia.

Thanks to legislation that just passed, the state is creating a certified microgrid program to support the establishment of new on-site power for high-end data center campuses. Called the Power Generation and Consumption Act, the law boosts microgrid development to facilitate the expansion of data centers. The goal is to expedite and amplify the project permitting process; and it further accelerates an “all of the above” approach to energy development that includes coal, natural gas and renewable energy.

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