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Summit Point Data Center Site (Ryan Stuart Development)

Summit Point, Jefferson County, West Virginia

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated September 15, 2026

Summit Point Data Center Site (Ryan Stuart Development) is a proposed data center in Summit Point, West Virginia (Jefferson County), operated by Ryan Stuart Development. The public record puts it at announced April 30, 2026, 235 acres.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: Ryan Stuart Development
Facility type: Data center
Location: Summit Point, Jefferson County, WV, 25446
Coordinates: 39.2495, -77.9586 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: 235 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: April 30, 2026
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: No reception on record
Source confidence: Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

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.

April 9, 2026
Proposed
Reston-based Ryan Stuart Development purchased a 235-acre tract northwest of Summit Point village and began marketing it to data center operators. Source: The Observer (WV)

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Summit Point Data Center Site (Ryan Stuart Development) in Summit Point, Jefferson County, West Virginia appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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Power and water

The Observer reports a ballpark water demand of between 100,000 and 130,000 gallons per day, and that the Charles Town Utility Board discussed supplying water and a "purple line" carrying treated wastewater-plant effluent. reportedMgd is left unset because the figure is a range, not a stated value.

Notes on the record

Land assembly stage only. The Observer reports the company "is in the early stages of marketing the site to potential data center operators and does not yet have a specific end-user identified," so no operator, capacity or AI classification is asserted. Coordinates are the Summit Point community centroid; the tract is described as northwest of the village and its boundary is not published.

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
How the community has received it
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.
How the community has received it: Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in 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 Summit Point Data Center Site (Ryan Stuart Development) in Summit Point?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Summit Point Data Center Site (Ryan Stuart Development)?

No lawsuit over Summit Point Data Center Site (Ryan Stuart Development) appears in the record we track as of September 15, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Summit Point Data Center Site (Ryan Stuart Development) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Summit Point Data Center Site (Ryan Stuart Development) 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 Summit Point Data Center Site (Ryan Stuart Development), and how big is it?

Ryan Stuart Development is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 235 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Summit Point Data Center Site (Ryan Stuart Development)," updated September 15, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/ryan-stuart-summit-point-jefferson-county-wv.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/ryan-stuart-summit-point-jefferson-county-wv, retrieved October 1, 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.Data Center In Summit Point, Politics Not As Usual · The Observer (WV) · retrieved September 15, 2026
2.OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocode, Summit Point, Jefferson County, WV 25446 · OpenStreetMap · retrieved September 15, 2026

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