Adams Fork Data Center Energy Campus Wharncliffe West Virginia TransGas 2400MW

Status: Proposed / Air Quality Permitting & Microgrid Review Stage   |   Location: Former Twisted Gun Golf Course site, 2002 Twisted Gun Road, Wharncliffe, Mingo County, WV 25651, USA

Project Overview

The Adams Fork Data Center Energy Campus is a proposed 2.4 GW off-grid digital infrastructure development on the former 250-acre Twisted Gun Golf Course property at 2002 Twisted Gun Road in Wharncliffe, Mingo County, West Virginia, designed to provide dedicated power for large-scale artificial intelligence and hyperscale computing. Developed by TransGas Development Systems LLC (Adams Fork Energy), the project is structured around an independent certified microgrid capable of generating approximately 2,398.5 MW of behind-the-meter electricity through a planned fleet of 117 natural gas and dual-fuel turbine engines. This power architecture is a defining feature of the development, allowing future data center operators to receive electricity directly from on-site generation rather than depending entirely on conventional utility grid capacity. The approach is particularly relevant to AI infrastructure, where large GPU clusters and accelerated computing systems require substantial, reliable power and can face lengthy grid interconnection timelines. The campus is being developed as part of a broader effort to redevelop former coal-mining lands in southern West Virginia, giving the project an industrial-reuse dimension alongside its digital infrastructure purpose. The former golf course site provides a dedicated land platform for developing power-generation equipment and future high-density computing facilities. By integrating electricity generation directly with planned data center operations, the project is designed to create an energy model capable of supporting power-intensive workloads while reducing exposure to regional transmission constraints. The planned turbine fleet also provides generation diversity through natural gas and dual-fuel capability, potentially offering operational flexibility across different power requirements and conditions. The campus is intended to deliver this independently generated electricity directly to high-density AI and hyperscale compute data halls, creating a tightly integrated power-and-computing environment. With nearly 2.4 GW of planned generation capacity, a 250-acre redevelopment site and a 117-engine microgrid architecture, Adams Fork represents a large-scale example of the emerging trend toward dedicated power campuses for AI infrastructure. If developed as proposed, the project could transform a former southern West Virginia recreational and coal-region site into a major digital infrastructure and energy hub while demonstrating how behind-the-meter generation can support the rapid expansion of high-density AI computing.

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