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Data center campus · 2002 Twisted Gun Road, Wharncliffe (former Twisted Gun Golf Course, near Gilbert), Mingo County, West Virginia

Adams Fork Data Center Energy Campus (Twisted Gun)

Approved as of Oct. 2, 2025

New York-based TransGas holds a state air permit for an off-grid gas-engine power plant of about 2,457 MW to serve a data center at the former Twisted Gun Golf Course in Wharncliffe. Also known as: Adams Fork Data Energy Center, Twisted Gun site.

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Power2,457MW reported · record

Who is behind it

ProjectAdams Fork Data Center Energy Campus (Twisted Gun)Also: Adams Fork Data Energy Center, Twisted Gun site
Developer and teamTransGas Development Systems (through TransGas Development Systems, LLC (New York))
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. The Herald-Dispatch reported that data center-linked air permits in Mingo County were approved without state data center certification; the state data office director said Mingo projects had not been approved by the state. (The Herald-Dispatch, June 9, 2026; West Virginia Watch, June 11, 2026)

  2. An Ohio River Valley Institute analysis put the two Mingo campuses at about 4.9 GW together and doubted the related ammonia plant would be completed. (Ohio River Valley Institute, March 13, 2026)

  3. Ten Mingo County residents sued TransGas and three federal agencies (the Army Corps, Fish and Wildlife Service and FERC) in federal court in Charleston, asking that work on the Adams Fork project stop until federal wildlife, water, environmental-review and pipeline approvals are complete; no ruling was found. (West Virginia Watch, Dec. 5, 2025; WOWK 13 News, Dec. 11, 2025)

  4. The DEP issued permit R13-3715, covering 117 engines and 40 diesel storage tanks. (WV Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality, Oct. 2, 2025; West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Oct. 11, 2025)

  5. After residents requested it, the DEP held an in-person hearing in Gilbert; written comments closed the following day. (West Virginia Watch, Sept. 17, 2025; WV Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality, Sept. 18, 2025)

  6. The DEP held a virtual public meeting on both applications. (WV Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality, July 9, 2025; Charleston Gazette-Mail (via West Virginia Press Association), Aug. 13, 2025)

  7. The DEP advertised draft permits and its preliminary finding that both plants would meet state and federal air rules. (WV Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality, Sept. 18, 2025; West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Sept. 17, 2025)

  8. TransGas submitted air permit applications for this site and a matching facility near Holden; revised versions followed on May 14. (WV Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality, Sept. 18, 2025; WV Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality, July 9, 2025)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Separate campus from the Harless site: separate permits (R13-3715 vs. R13-3714) and separate DEP-listed addresses and coordinates roughly 14 miles apart; DEP says the two are identical except for location.
  • TransGas has projected first power in 2027 (WVPB) and claimed 5,000 construction and 300 permanent jobs (WVHC).
  • The TransGas ammonia plant, permitted in March 2024 per ORVI, is a separate facility and is not merged here.
  • No Air Quality Board appeal of R13-3714/3715 was found; the residents' federal lawsuit (S.D. W.Va., filed Dec. 3, 2025) covers the whole Adams Fork project. Plaintiffs are private individuals; do not name them.

The full record

Status note
DEP issued air permit R13-3715 for the off-grid power plant; no data center building permit, tenant or financing is public, and a federal lawsuit filed by residents in December 2025 is pending.
Power note
The DEP presentation lists 117 engines of 21 MW each with aggregate output of 2,457 MW; the R13-3715 permit covers 117 engines (no more than 114 running at once), and DEP says the two Mingo facilities are identical, so the figure is per facility. West Virginia Watch and WVPB report about 2,400 MW per site; ORVI puts both sites at about 4.9 GW together.
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.