Fundamental Data Ridgeline Facility
AI data center in Thomas, WV, United States: permitted.
- Location: Thomas, WV, United States
- Developer: Fundamental Data
- Status: permitted
Fundamental Data Ridgeline Facility is a AI data center project located in Thomas, WV, United States, currently permitted. It is being built by Fundamental Data. This project is one of thousands of data-center facilities tracked by Data Center Index across WV, United States, covering operational, under-construction, announced, and permitted sites.
Project description
Fundamental Data's Ridgeline project sits on a 291-acre tract near Thomas. It plans about 800 MW of gas generation, about 1.3 GW of solar and 14 data center buildings using more than 2 GW of computing load, and a second phase would add 3.1 GW of gas. WVDEP issued the gas plant's air permit in Aug 2025, the Air Quality Board upheld it in Feb 2026 and WVDEP confirmed site control on Aug 13 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is Fundamental Data Ridgeline Facility?
- Fundamental Data Ridgeline Facility is an AI data center project in Thomas, West Virginia tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is permitted.
- Where is Fundamental Data Ridgeline Facility?
- Fundamental Data Ridgeline Facility is in Thomas, West Virginia. Every tracked West Virginia campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/west-virginia.
- Who is building Fundamental Data Ridgeline Facility?
- Fundamental Data is developing Fundamental Data Ridgeline Facility.
- When will Fundamental Data Ridgeline Facility come online?
- The next building at Fundamental Data Ridgeline Facility is expected online 2028. That date is the first building going live, not the full build-out.
Sources
- Contested 5-GW Ridgeline Gas, Solar, and Data-Center Complex in West Virginia Clears Site-Control Question (powermag.com · press · 2026-08-18)
- West Virginia Watch (westvirginiawatch.com · press · 2026-08-31)
- Charleston Gazette-Mail (wvgazettemail.com · press · 2026-08-14)
- DEP questions Fundamental Data site control for Tucker Co. data center-linked project (wvpress.org · press · 2026-08-05)
- WV Intermediate Court dismisses environmental groups' challenges to Fundamental Data permit (yahoo.com · press · 2026-08-27)
- Parsons Advocate (parsonsadvocate.com · press · 2026-08-14)