Bedington Campus

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.

1. February 2026

   Proposed
   Announced February 26, 2026 by Governor Morrisey; designated West Virginia's first High Impact Intelligence Center (enabling bypass of certain local zoning constraints); site preparation underway as of March 2026. No state funding involved. Source: WV Office of the Governor

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Bedington Campus in Berkeley County, West Virginia is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. 300+ residents packed a Spring Mills High School town hall (March 2026) over water, flooding, eminent-domain, and loss-of-local-zoning-control (HB 2014) concerns, backed by an organized 'No Data Centers in the Eastern Panhandle' Facebook group; no vote has been held yet.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.

300+ residents packed a Spring Mills High School town hall (March 2026) over water, flooding, eminent-domain, and loss-of-local-zoning-control (HB 2014) concerns, backed by an organized 'No Data Centers in the Eastern Panhandle' Facebook group; no vote has been held yet.

Source

Power and water

Governor described project as 'likely' grid-connected via existing electric utilities

Reclaimed water systems for cooling to reduce dependence on potable water

Notes on the record

Falling Waters District, Berkeley County WV eastern panhandle, adjacent to Maryland border. 1.9 million sq ft at full buildout. Penzance (DC/NoVA developer) is also developing a Fairfax County VA campus reportedly pre-leased to Amazon. Coordinates approximate for Falling Waters area. Re-checked 2026-09-10: status unchanged (proposed). Most recent coverage found (wvgazettemail article, published 2026-02-28, updated 2026-09-04) reports no groundbreaking, permit, or construction start yet; a tenant announcement was still described as pending later in 2026. address remains unresolved: checked governor.wv.gov, WV Division of Economic Development, SEDC, and county/trade press coverage, all describe only '548 acres in the Falling Waters District of Berkeley County' with no house number or parcel ID; Berkeley County GIS/assessor records were not reachable this session, so location.street is left unfilled rather than approximated. CONFIRMED ABSENCE (2026-09-10): the Governor's office states explicitly that no state funding was used for Bedington Campus. HB 2014's revenue-sharing formula (50% Personal Income Tax Reduction Fund / 30% host county / 10% all counties per capita / 5% Electric Grid Stabilization and Security Fund / 5% Economic Enhancement Grant Program) is a distribution of the taxes the facility itself will generate, not an incentive granted to the facility, so it is not recorded as a subsidy. No county-level PILOT or abatement agreement was found in sources checked this session (governor.wv.gov, WV DED, SEDC).

Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

• Berkeley/Jefferson County Data Center Campus (QTS Kearneysville) · Kearneysville · QTS Data Centers13 mi · Proposed
• Virginia Technology Park · Clear Brook · Equus Capital Partners24 mi · Proposed
• Rowan Digital Infrastructure Bauxite II · Frederick · Rowan Digital Infrastructure25 mi · Permitted
• Aligned Data Centers IAD-06 Frederick · Frederick · Aligned Data Centers25 mi · Under construction · 72 MW
• Rowan Digital Infrastructure Bauxite III · Frederick · Rowan Digital Infrastructure25 mi · Permitted
• Quantum Frederick · Frederick · TPG Real Estate Partners / Catellus Development Corporation25 mi · Under construction

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