![Ohio's Monroe County is Taking Advantage of Opportunity Zones to Attract Data Centers](https://www.dpfacilities.com/hubfs/Facebook-Fort-Worth-texas-2.jpg)
As seen in Data Center Knowledge, this is the fourth and final part of a special DCK series highlighting Opportunity Zones and data center developers’ building in Monroe County, home to DP Facilities' Hannibal Data Center Campus.
![Beyond Coal: Three Tech-driven Projects Model a More Diverse and Sustainable Appalachian Economy](https://www.dpfacilities.com/hubfs/DPFacilities_January2020/images/IMPACT-DPF-photo.jpg)
As seen in Impact Alpha, our Mineral Gap data center in Wise, Virginia is adding new solar power infrastructure to it's campus.
![Monroe County Welcomes Data Center](https://www.dpfacilities.com/hubfs/DPFacilities_January2020/images/unnamedsda-845x684.jpg)
As seen in the Parkersburg News and Sentinel, the data center campus we are building in Monroe County, Ohio will bring an influx of jobs to the area.
![DP Facilities Planning Data Center on Former Ormet Site in Southeast Ohio](https://www.dpfacilities.com/hubfs/DPFacilities_January2020/images/ormet-site-cbus-dispath-495x400.png)
As seen in the Columbus Dispatch, the former Ormet aluminum smelter site in Monroe County, Ohio is in line to land a hyperscale data center.
![Monroe County Welcomes Data Center at Former Ormet Site](https://www.dpfacilities.com/hubfs/DPFacilities_January2020/images/dparticlenew.jpg)
As seen in the Marietta Times, we are building a data center campus in Hannibal, Ohio next to the Long Ridge Energy Terminal.
![Data Centers Give Boost to Economy in Hannibal](https://www.dpfacilities.com/hubfs/DPFacilities_January2020/images/DD92FB14-F48E-4FBB-8E5F-AF4E2FFC6F80-495x400.png)
As seen in The Columbus Dispatch, DP Facilities selected Hannibal, Ohio as the next site for its data center expansion.
![Data Center Campus Coming to Hannibal](https://www.dpfacilities.com/hubfs/DPFacilities_January2020/images/Hannibal_lock__dam-1-495x400.jpg)
As seen in the Monroe County Beacon, DP Facilities announced it will build a state-of-the-art data center in Hannibal, Ohio.
![The Switch to Solar at Coal Power Plants and Mines is On](https://www.dpfacilities.com/hubfs/DPFacilities_January2020/images/mgcrop-495x400.jpg)
As seen in Solar Magazine, Sun Tribe Solar and Mineral Gap are partnering together to repurpose an abandoned coal mine into a solar power farm.
![Solar Projects Shine in Southwest Virginia](https://www.dpfacilities.com/hubfs/DPFacilities_January2020/images/20171011-184000-845x684.jpg)
As seen in the Appalachian Voice, Mineral Gap is building southwest Virginia's first large-scale solar farm on a former coal mine.
![Federal Funds to Help Turn Virginia Coal Mine into Solar Farm](https://www.dpfacilities.com/hubfs/DPFacilities_January2020/images/Installing_solar_panels_3049873452-e1552073952630-1-495x400.jpg)
As seen in Energy News Network, Mineral Gap Data Center's groundbreaking project to re-energize a coal mine as a solar farm was green-lit with federal funds.
![Governor Northam and Congressman Griffith Announce 10 Southwest Virginia Economic Development Projects to Receive Pilot Grants](https://www.dpfacilities.com/hubfs/DPFacilities_January2020/images/20171012-163348-845x684.jpg)
As announced by the State of Virginia, the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Pilot program selected Mineral Gap's proposed solar farm for grant approval.