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Starwood Digital Ventures Mason County Data Center

Starwood Digital Ventures announced a second certified data center for Mason County, to be located in West Columbia, representing a new $12 billion project hailed by Governor Morrisey. It is reported; the record holds no sourced date for when it reached that stage.

How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.

Last verified · 11 sources, 0 primary · A skeleton record: built from one source, not yet reviewed in depth by a person. · How to read this page

How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.

What is known

Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.

Land
Not disclosed
Power it would draw
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Who leads it
Starwood Digital Ventures
as stated by the source
Who would use it
Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs
Not disclosed
Tax each year
Not disclosed
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)

Impact figures

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
How much power it needs Not disclosed
How much water it would use Not disclosed
How loud it would be Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs Not disclosed
Tax it would pay each year Not disclosed

The record's fields

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
Who is building it Starwood Digital Ventures as stated by the source September 17, 2026
Who is constructing it Not disclosed
How much land Not disclosed
Where its power comes from Not disclosed
Grid connection Not disclosed
How it is cooled Not disclosed

The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.

Still not public, and where it would show up

The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.

  • Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
  • Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
  • Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
  • Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.

What happened

No dated entry is on the record yet.

13 corrections to this record

Every correction, with its reason

  1. · the status of a projects row

    The stage was set by timeline entries that were returned to draft on 2026-09-17 (they had been published onto the record while it was still a draft skeleton). With no published entry behind it the record reads rumored until one is approved. The old and new text.

  2. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

  3. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

  4. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

  5. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

  6. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

  7. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

  8. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

  9. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

  10. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

  11. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

  12. · the draft of a status history row

    Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.

  13. · the draft of a status history row

    Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.

Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.

The site

Where in Mason County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.

  • This record: Proposed, ringed
  • data center
  • Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
  • Smaller pins: 5 other published records in West Virginia
Details
  • this record's location, ringed
  • parcel outline, from the county parcel record
  • city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
  • county boundary

The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.

Where
West Columbia, Mason County, West Virginia
How exactly it is located
County level, the county seat
The parcel
No parcel outline in the public record
Nearest homes
Not computed for a record placed at a place center
Nearest records
Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at a county seat.

Keep going

The county Mason County 3 projects on the record. The state Data centers in West Virginia Every West Virginia project, the rules on the record and what comes next.

Questions about this project

4 questions answered from the record

Answered from the rows on this page.

Who is building Starwood Digital Ventures Mason County Data Center?

Starwood Digital Ventures is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.

How much power and water does Starwood Digital Ventures Mason County Data Center say it needs?

Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.

Where does Starwood Digital Ventures Mason County Data Center stand today?

It is reported; the date it reached that stage is not sourced, only the day a page was read. No dated entry is on the record yet.

What has West Columbia or Mason County decided about it?

No decision by West Columbia or Mason County about data centers is on the record. The Mason County page and the West Virginia scorecard list every rated row the day a person publishes one.

Sources

Primary documents first: filings, minutes, dockets and official pages. Then reporting. The numbers are the ones the entries above cite.

Reporting

  1. Second Mason Co. data center will land in West Columbia - WOWK 13 News, WOWK 13 News, September 4, 2026, local outlet
  2. Morrisey hails state certifications for two Mason County data center projects - herald-dispatch.com, herald-dispatch.com, September 4, 2026, local outlet
  3. New data center project coming to Mason County, WV spearheaded by Florida-based real estate group - The Register-Herald, The Register-Herald, September 8, 2026, local outlet
  4. Starwood Digital Ventures announces data center for Mason County - WSAZ, WSAZ, September 3, 2026, local outlet
  5. Gov. Patrick Morrisey announces new $12B data center project for Mason County, W.Va. - WCHS, WCHS, September 3, 2026, local outlet
  6. Gov. Morrisey announced new $12B data center in Mason County - WOWK 13 News, WOWK 13 News, September 3, 2026, local outlet
  7. ‘Total shocker’: Residents react to second data center coming to Mason County - WSAZ, WSAZ, September 4, 2026, local outlet
  8. Second Certified Data Center Announced For Mason County - West Virginia Public Broadcasting, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, September 3, 2026, local outlet
  9. Morrisey hails state certifications for two Mason County data center projects - Charleston Gazette-Mail, Charleston Gazette-Mail, September 3, 2026, local outlet
  10. Morrisey hails state certifications for two Mason County data center projects - coalvalleynews.com, coalvalleynews.com, September 3, 2026, local outlet
  11. $12B Data Center Coming to Mason County, WV , Where’s the Gas? - Marcellus Drilling News, Marcellus Drilling News, September 9, 2026, local outlet

11 sources on file.

Cite this record

Data Center Record, "Starwood Digital Ventures Mason County Data Center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/starwood-digital-ventures-mason-county-data-center-west-columbia-wv, last verified September 17, 2026.

Last verified , first recorded . Every correction is logged on the corrections page and under What happened.

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Slug
starwood-digital-ventures-mason-county-data-center-west-columbia-wv
Status value
rumored
Stage
Proposed
Tier
skeleton
Tags
skeleton
Place id
us/wv/mason-county/west-columbia
Coordinates
38.85753, -82.12857
Location precision
county
Location source
County seat (Point Pleasant), Wikidata, placed at county level
Coordinate source
wikidata county seat
Location source number
Not disclosed
Location last verified
September 16, 2026
EPA registry id
Not disclosed
Use type values
not_disclosed
Tenancy value
not_disclosed
Cooling type value
not_disclosed
Capacity basis
not_disclosed
Water basis
not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
Acreage basis
Not disclosed
Interconnection value
not_disclosed
Capacity, if disclosed
Not disclosed
Rating of the county's rows
Not disclosed
Published
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-17