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Boone County Data Center Feasibility Study

2026-04-30T08:32:11-06:00December 8th, 2025|

PRC Holdings, LLC (PRC) engaged Geosyntec to conduct a comprehensive feasibility study for the development of a data center and associated facilities on inactive coal mine areas in Boone County, West Virginia. The study focused on the potential use of underground mine pools for sustainable cooling via ground source heat pump (GSHP) technology. Partnering with McKinstry, Geosyntec assessed hydrogeologic conditions, utility service availability, and mine pool water flow rates. The project aimed to find whether an open-loop GSHP system could provide sustainable cooling for data centers on inactive coal mine sites. Key objectives were to determine the viability of an open-loop GSHP system, assess mine pool water availability and management, evaluate fiber and electric power services required for data center operations, and collect water flow data to support system design.

Permitting and Construction Design Services for Expansion of an Ash Landfill and CCR Pond Cleanout

2026-05-26T10:05:46-06:00February 10th, 2020|

The 80-year old R. Paul Smith coal-fired electricity generating plant in Maryland produces approximately 90 megawatts of power, however its ash disposal landfill is located on the opposite shore of the Potomac River in West Virginia.

Bluestone Dam Interactive 3-Dimensional Model Development

2026-05-26T08:41:50-06:00November 17th, 2017|

Geosyntec built an interactive geospatial model from tabular, LiDAR, MicroStation and other data sources. This model allows USACE to design additional remediation technologies, test the impacts of new structures, and much more.Bluestone Dam, owned by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), began operation in 1949.

Comprehensive Remediation Strategy to Address Soil and Groundwater Contamination at an NPL Site

2026-04-02T15:50:26-06:00October 24th, 2009|Tags: , , , , , |

The 388-acre Hanlin-Allied-Olin NPL site is a former chemical manufacturing complex near Moundsville, West Virginia. The southern portion of the facility produced chloromethane products and used the chlor-alkali (mercury cell) process to manufacture chlorine and sodium hydroxide. The northern portion of the facility produced numerous semi-volatile intermediates for the manufacture of plastics and other synthetic materials. The long-term objective for the site entailed cost avoidance through the proactive development of two significant remedial components: (i) a major removal action using on-site disposal, and (ii) control of chlorinated solvents in an aquifer used downgradient of the site for a municipal water supply. Both objectives related to a third objective of minimizing the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) scope, thereby reducing long-term cost uncertainty.

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