By Mike Tony
Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON — Pete Hollis told West Virginia decisionmakers of artificial intelligence driving “an insatiable desire for power generation” that has “been across the board in every country across the world.”
West Virginians, meanwhile, are telling state decisionmakers they desire the power to have their communities left alone.
Hollis, chief development officer and president of Fidelis-Capio Sequestration, an affiliate of Houston-based Fidelis New Energy LLC, was addressing West Virginia lawmakers on the Joint Standing Economic Development Committee during its interim legislative session meeting Tuesday afternoon.
Hollis suggested to receptive legislators they’ve positioned West Virginia well to usher in development of data center operations like those his company plans to support on a 2,300-acre campus in Mason County, which he pledged would move forward with “cutting trees [and] moving dirt” next year.
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