DAVIS — Several grassroots leaders and political officials in Tucker County say most of the county’s residents are glad an appeal has been filed regarding the state Department of Environmental Protection approval of an air quality permit for a proposed data center and power plant.

Fundamental Data’s permit application for the proposed 500-acre natural gas power plant fueling a data center, which would be located between the towns of Davis and Thomas, was received by the DEP in March and then approved on Aug. 13.

An evidentiary hearing for the appeal before the West Virginia Air Quality Board is set for Nov. 5.

Appalachian Mountain Advocates filed the appeal on behalf of the local grassroots organization Tucker United and the environmental groups West Virginia Highland Conservancy and Si

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