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Plugged In: West Virginia officials generating comprehensive energy plan

CHARLESTON — Gov. Patrick Morrisey wants West Virginia to be the battery of the East Coast, and his Office of Energy is working on the state’s long-term energy plan that must find a balance between the state’s major fossil fuels, while critics say there is too much focus on base-load ...

Feeling Lucky: Google data center project in the works for Putnam County

CHARLESTON – Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Friday that Google has purchased property in Putnam County to begin the process of locating a data center in West Virginia. In a press release Friday morning, Morrisey said Google has taken its first step toward a multi-million-dollar data center ...

Proposed data center in Waterford prompts debate at Commission meeting

MARIETTA — There were differing viewpoints on the proposed data center in Waterford during the Washington County Commission meeting Thursday. Since the announcement of the proposed development during a meeting in January, various individuals have continued to attend the weekly meetings to ...