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Silicon Foundation Warwood Data Center and Energy Campus (former Centre Foundry)

Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated September 15, 2026

Silicon Foundation Warwood Data Center and Energy Campus (former Centre Foundry) is a proposed data center in Wheeling, West Virginia (Ohio County), operated by Silicon Foundation Energy. The public record puts it at announced June 22, 2026, 100 MW planned, 15 acres.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: Silicon Foundation Energy
Facility type: Data center
Location: 74 Warwood Avenue, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV, 26003
Coordinates: 40.1013, -80.7030 (approximate)
Power capacity: 100 MW planned
Land: 15 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: June 22, 2026
Utility: Not established from a public source
Power source: Grid
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.

June 22, 2026
Proposed
Silicon Foundation purchased the ~15-acre former Centre Foundry property at 74 Warwood Avenue and announced a phased data center and energy campus. Source: River News Network

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Silicon Foundation Warwood Data Center and Energy Campus (former Centre Foundry) in Wheeling, Ohio 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

Phase 1 is described as 10 MW drawn from the existing grid through the site's existing electrical substation, paired with battery energy storage; the development plan also cites on-site gas infrastructure for backup power. Stokes Energy is named as the EPC contractor.

West Virginia Public Broadcasting reports the development plan includes "access to river water for liquid cooling." No cooling method has been specified, so coolingType is left unset.

Notes on the record

Phased plan: Phase 1 a 10-MW modular data center system with battery energy storage targeted for late 2026; Phase 2 expansion to 20 to 30 MW (reported as "as much as 100 megawatts" in 2027 by River News); Phase 3 a 100-MW regional compute hub. capacityMw.planned records the 100-MW full build-out. The foundry operated for more than 180 years until it closed in 2023. Under HB 2014 the project is exempt from county/municipal zoning and building permitting. Coordinates are the OSM address point for 74 Warwood Avenue, not a parcel-confirmed footprint.

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.

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

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 Silicon Foundation Warwood Data Center and Energy Campus (former Centre Foundry) in Wheeling?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Silicon Foundation Warwood Data Center and Energy Campus (former Centre Foundry)?

No lawsuit over Silicon Foundation Warwood Data Center and Energy Campus (former Centre Foundry) 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 Silicon Foundation Warwood Data Center and Energy Campus (former Centre Foundry) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Silicon Foundation Warwood Data Center and Energy Campus (former Centre Foundry) 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 Silicon Foundation Warwood Data Center and Energy Campus (former Centre Foundry), and how big is it?

Silicon Foundation Energy is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 100 MW. The site is recorded at 15 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Silicon Foundation Warwood Data Center and Energy Campus (former Centre Foundry)," updated September 15, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/silicon-foundation-warwood-wheeling-ohio-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/silicon-foundation-warwood-wheeling-ohio-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.State's Sixth Data Center Announced Near Wheeling · West Virginia Public Broadcasting · retrieved September 15, 2026
2.Historic Centre Foundry Site Sold, Plans Announced for Data Center and Energy Campus in Wheeling · River News Network · retrieved September 15, 2026
3.OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocode, 74 Warwood Avenue, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV 26003 · OpenStreetMap · retrieved September 15, 2026

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