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Adams Fork Harless Data Center

Holden, Mingo County, WV

Source: Primary source

Adams Fork Harless Data Center is a proposed data center in Mingo County, WV, operated by TransGas Development, LLC. DataCentersExposed has documented 2,398.5 MW of reported power capacity at this site.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 18, 2026

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Mingo, West Virginia

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Adams Fork Harless Data Center in Holden, WV is contested. Organized Advocacy | Group: https://wvcag.org/ | Group: https://wvrivers.org/ | https://www.wvhighlands.org/article/despite-public-pushback-west-virginia-approves-air-quality-permits-for-data-center-energy-campus-in-mingo-county/? https://westvirginiawatch.com/2025/05/28/it-will-destroy-this-place-tucker-county-residents-fight-for-future-against-proposed-data-center/ Track what's being decided, when, and how to weigh in.

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Power & your bill

2,398.5 MW of new demand — roughly a city of 1,919,000 homes.

Large new loads can raise transmission and capacity costs that land on every ratepayer. Residential power in WV is 16.1¢/kWh, up 0.1% year-over-year. (MW→homes is a rough ~800/MW planning figure.)

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Ask for an independent noise study, a water-and-power impact assessment, enforceable conditions (setbacks, hours, cooling type), and that the record stays open for written comment. Procedural shortcuts have voided approvals elsewhere.

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Operator
TransGas Development, LLC
Power
2,398.5 MW
Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

Identical proposal to the Adams Form Data Center Energy Camus in Wharncliffe. Each facility would house 117 engines powered by natural gas, with 114 of those running full-time. If no gas is available, the engines would run on diesel that is stored in 40 tanks on site. Total of 7 pods attached to the 117 power plant engines. Each pod holds two large buildings on the outer side, housing the data centers. In a May 2025 presentation posted to their website, parent company TransGas Development System Imported from the FracTracker Alliance U.S. Data Centers Tracker after review. Details to be corroborated from primary sources.

Operator chain

Grid & water — why here

source: HIFLD · EPA
Nearest substation
3.6 mi
Tap155907 · 138 kV
Transmission line
2.2 mi
138 kV line
Municipal water
No service area
self-supplied or unmapped

The closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

Water use

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Holden Central Elementary School in Holden, is 5.5 mi from this site (165 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.

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