Hardy Land Alliance
Hardy County
Working on: Old Fields Solar
A grassroots community organization working to preserve Hardy County's agricultural heritage and farmland for future generations.
Community Groups
Local groups and statewide organizations responding to data center and energy projects in West Virginia. Each description is based on how the group describes itself.
Local groups
Jefferson County VOLT (Voices Opposing Line Transmission)
Jefferson County
Working on: Valley Link — Valley North 765 kV transmission line
Neighbors in Jefferson County organizing against new high-voltage transmission lines through their county, including Valley North, and sharing updates on how residents can weigh in with the Public Service Commission.
Website of Jefferson County VOLT (Voices Opposing Line Transmission)Get involved with Jefferson County VOLT (Voices Opposing Line Transmission)Donate to Jefferson County VOLT (Voices Opposing Line Transmission)Donations go through Venmo.
Mason United
Mason County
Working on: Monarch Compute Campus
A group formed in response to the Monarch campus, concerned about its environmental impacts, including flooding of neighbors' homes from construction.
No website found. Described by West Virginia Watch.
Say No to Valley Link
Jefferson County
Working on: Valley Link — Valley North 765 kV transmission line
Concerned citizens opposing the proposed Valley Link line across Jefferson County, which they say would harm homes, farms, and historic areas and raise electric bills to serve Virginia's data centers.
Tucker United
Tucker County
Working on: Ridgeline Facility
A coalition of Tucker County residents and allies working to keep Tucker County a healthy, beautiful place to live and work. They oppose the proposed Ridgeline power plant and data center and are calling for transparent decision-making and a return of local control under HB 2014.
Formed in April 2025.
Source: WDTV, Sept. 9, 2026
Donation form run by the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy.
Statewide organizations
West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy
Statewide
Working on: HB 2014; data center tax policy
A research organization that analyzes how data center laws and tax breaks affect counties, schools, and the state budget.
West Virginia Citizen Action Group
Statewide
Working on: HB 2014 and related bills
A statewide advocacy group that tracks and organizes around data center legislation in the Legislature.
West Virginia Data Center Accountability Project (WVDCAP)
Statewide · members from Mason, Putnam, Berkeley, Mingo, and Tucker counties
Working on: HB 2014
A statewide coalition of county groups and advocacy organizations working for local control and community consent over data center development ("community over computers"). Its central demand is amending HB 2014 to restore local control, along with enforceable protections on water use, pollution, noise, and lights. It plans to share legal, environmental, and organizing strategies across counties.
Members include the WV Highlands Conservancy, the Sierra Club, and WV Citizen Action Group.
Source: WDTV, Sept. 9, 2026
West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
Statewide
Working on: Ridgeline Facility; HB 2014
A statewide conservation organization, and one of the groups that appealed the Ridgeline air permit.
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