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 Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
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Mingo, West Virginia
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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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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Overview
source: linkIdentical 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
- Files asTransGas Development, LLC
- This facilityAdams Fork Harless Data Center
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe 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.
In the news
source: Google News- Divergence grows between WV lawmakers, residents in fight over expected data centersCharleston Gazette-Mail· Dec 11, 2025
- Mingo County residents file federal lawsuit against company building power plants, data center in WVWest Virginia Watch· Dec 5, 2025
- Mingo County frustration mounts as data center momentum builds with assist from DEPCharleston Gazette-Mail· Sep 27, 2025
- WVDEP meeting in Gilbert addresses Adams Fork Energy project proposalWVOW Radio· Sep 23, 2025
- ‘We didn’t choose this:’ Mingo locals voice frustration, worry to WV DEP over proposed power plantsWest Virginia Watch· Sep 22, 2025
- Developer refutes claims of adverse environmental, health impacts of data centersWest Virginia Press Association· Sep 19, 2025
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No 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 ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe 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.