Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
As data center projects continue to pop up across West Virginia, water usage remains one of the largest concerns.
Environmental advocates have been raising those concerns and asking for developers to include the communities in the process.
"It's not a question of can these facilities impact local water resources. The question is, how do we manage that?” West Virginia Rivers Coalition Senior Scientist Nathaniel Hitt said. “And are we going to include the local communities who know best?"
Ten data center facilities have already been proposed in West Virginia.
"We've seen this story before so many times companies come here and they extract resources, and then when the markets change or the resources are gone, so are the companies,” Hitt said.
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As data center projects continue to pop up across West Virginia, water usage remains one of the largest concerns.
Environmental advocates have been raising those concerns and asking for developers to include the communities in the process.
"It's not a question of can these facilities impact local water resources. The question is, how do we manage that?” West Virginia Rivers Coalition Senior Scientist Nathaniel Hitt said. “And are we going to include the local communities who know best?"
Ten data center facilities have already been proposed in West Virginia.
"We've seen this story before so many times companies come here and they extract resources, and then when the markets change or the resources are gone, so are the companies,” Hitt said.
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KFDM is a TX based station and CBS Television affiliate owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. KBTV is a TX based station and Fox Television affiliate owned and operated by Deerfield Media, Inc and receives certain services from an affiliation of Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. Sinclair owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 163 television stations in 77 markets, after pending transactions. Sinclair's television group reaches approximately 38.7% of US television households and includes FOX, ABC, MyTV, CW, CBS, NBC, Univision and Azteca affiliates.
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