West Virginia Data Center News

Raleigh County suspends data center proposal indefinitely

West Virginia's Raleigh County Commission has indefinitely suspended a data center proposal for a new facility, which was to be developed between Flat Top Road and Joe Cooper Farm Road in Shady Spring. This development is now no longer under consideration with the County for lack of informatio...

January 05, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

West Virginia

Bill signed for West Virginia renewable energy battery plant

West Virginia recently signed a bill for $105 million in state funding for a renewable energy battery plant in the former steel town, Weirton. In total the investment committed by the state is $290 million. This is a move that pushes the state to diversify its energy mix, in an area that has h...

March 09, 2023

West Virginia

Former FBI data center in West Virginia available for sale/lease

A former data center occupied by the FBI in Clarksburg, West Virginia, has been put up for sale. The facility has been put up for sale for $1.5 million; however, real estate company RealCorp said the facility is available to lease. The building has 26,397 square feet of space, and it sits o...

November 15, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

FBI Clarksburg

The FBI is looking for a vendor to manage its five data centers

The FBI is looking for a vendor to help manage its major data centers across the United States. The data centers are located in Huntsville- Alabama, Pocatello- Idaho, Vienna- Virginia, Washington- DC, and Clarksburg- West Virginia. Also, the winning vendor will provide engineering and technica...

June 08, 2021

Eric Bell

Federal Bureau of Investigation

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