PCCI AWARDED CONTRACT TO DETERMINE THE GEOTHERMAL FEASIBILITY OF MINE WATER CIRCULATION TO AUGMENT DATA CENTER COOLING

PCCI, Inc. of Alexandria, Virginia, was awarded a professional consulting services contract for Project OASIS, a site and infrastructure project seeking to provide third-party validation for GO Virginia Region One (13 counties and 3 cities in Southwest Virginia) to become the location of choice in the Commonwealth for data centers. PCCI was selected to determine the feasibility of using of mine pool water circulation to augment data center cooling, and will be assisted by our subcontractor. Marshall Miller and Associates. to analyze the impact of water circulation on mine stability.  The project is being sponsored by InvestSWA, a new regional public-private marketing initiative for Southwest Virginia, and the contract is being administered by the LENOWISCO Planning District Commission which received grant funding from both GO Virginia and the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy for the project.

A Business Journal article with additional information on Project OASIS can be found here: http://bjournal.com/project-oasis-to-study-data-center-opportunities-in-southwest-virginia/