Data Center Registry
Ridgeline Data Center
Tucker County, West Virginia
Ridgeline Data Center is a proposed data center in West Virginia (Tucker County), operated by Fundamental Data LLC. It faces documented, organized local opposition.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Fundamental Data LLC
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Tucker County, WV
- Coordinates
- 39.1517, -79.4913 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Opposed
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- August 27, 2026Coverage
- August 17, 2026Coverage
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Organized local opposition to Ridgeline Data Center in Tucker County, West Virginia is documented in the public record. Air quality permit for the co-located power plant has been formally appealed by Tucker United, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, and the Sierra Club; litigation over jurisdiction was ongoing as of an August 31, 2026 report (advocacy groups seeking WV Supreme Court review).
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.
Air quality permit for the co-located power plant has been formally appealed by Tucker United, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, and the Sierra Club; litigation over jurisdiction was ongoing as of an August 31, 2026 report (advocacy groups seeking WV Supreme Court review). A separate, distinct controversy concerns land ownership: the WV Department of Commerce reportedly found no property in Tucker County owned by Fundamental Data LLC or its affiliates, with permit-listed parcels instead owned by Western Pocahontas Properties, LTD, and large portions of the permit application redacted.
Notes on the record
Proposed between the towns of Davis and Thomas, Tucker County. Reported acreage varies by source and is not recorded as a structured field: a 2024 purchase-and-sale agreement covered approximately 290 acres, other reporting describes a '500-acre' data center and power plant, a Country Roads News report describes a roughly 300-acre site, and West Virginia Highlands Conservancy describes 'potentially thousands of acres' for the full buildout -- these are not reconciled here. See the co-located power_generation record (facility id fundamental-data-ridgeline-power-plant-tucker-county-wv) for the natural-gas plant that would exclusively serve this data center. No public capacity, investment, or job figures for the data center building itself (as distinct from the power plant) were found in this research pass (2026-09-10).
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Ridgeline Data Center in Tucker County, West Virginia?
Yes. Organized local opposition to Ridgeline Data Center in Tucker County, West Virginia is documented in the public record. Air quality permit for the co-located power plant has been formally appealed by Tucker United, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, and the Sierra Club; litigation over jurisdiction was ongoing as of an August 31, 2026 report (advocacy groups seeking WV Supreme Court review).
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Ridgeline Data Center?
The reception note on this record refers to a court proceeding. Read it in full under opposition and litigation above, and check the sources at the foot of the page for the filing itself.
How much water does Ridgeline Data Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for Ridgeline Data Center is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Ridgeline Data Center, and how big is it?
Fundamental Data LLC is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Ridgeline Data Center," updated September 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/fundamental-data-ridgeline-datacenter-tucker-county-wv.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/fundamental-data-ridgeline-datacenter-tucker-county-wv, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Tucker County Data Center "Ridgeline Facility" · West Virginia Highlands Conservancy · retrieved September 10, 2026
- 2.WV advocates want to know who owns the land proposed for data center development in Tucker County · West Virginia Watch · retrieved September 10, 2026
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