Project Expected to Create 500 Construction Jobs, Spur Local Economic Development
Will Help Meet Rising Electricity Demand from Growing Economy and AI/Data Center Innovation
New York, NY โ November 13, 2025 โ Blackstone (NYSE: BX), through funds affiliated with Blackstone Energy Transition Partners (collectively, โBlackstone Energy Transition Partnersโ), today announced a $1.2 billion investment to build Wolf Summit Energy (โWolf Summitโ), a fully contracted, 600-megawatt greenfield combined-cycle gas turbine (โCCGTโ) power generation facility in Harrison County, West Virginia. Last weekโs Final Investment Decision (โFIDโ) provides financing for the project, allowing it to commence construction.
Wolf Summit will be the first-ever combined-cycle natural gas power plant built in West Virginia and is designed to help deliver efficient and reliable power to meet the growing local energy needs โ including from data centers supporting AI innovation โ of Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC), which serves approximately 1.5 million residents across Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. The project is expected to create 500 construction jobs, as well as spur additional local economic development.
Bilal Khan, a Senior Managing Director, and Mark Zhu, a Managing Director, at Blackstone, said: โHelping meet the rising demand for electricity from AI and other areas is among our highest conviction investment themes at Blackstone. We are proud that this project is expected to not only create hundreds of local jobs in West Virginia, but also generate more affordable, efficient and reliable power supply.โ
โI am excited that the first-ever combined-cycle, natural gas power plant in West Virginia is being built using GE Vernovaโs highly efficient and flexible 7HA.02 gas turbine that can provide capacity and energy for the rising AI and industrialization demands in PJM,โ said Dave Ross, President & CEO, GE Vernovaโs Gas Power business in the Americas. โWe look forward to working closely with Blackstone to complete development and start construction of this important project for the community.โ
โWest Virginia’s status as a global energy player is only beginning to be realized. Blackstone’s $1.2 billion investment not only signifies its commitment to West Virginia, it highlights our emergence as the leading state in the country for energy growth and investment,โ said Governor Morrisey.
Blackstone is a leader in investing in the infrastructure powering AI across a wide array of related areas. Blackstone is the largest data center provider in the world with major investments globally. Blackstone Energy Transition Partners has also made recent investments in Hill Top Energy Center, a 620-megawatt natural gas power plant in Western Pennsylvania, and Potomac Energy Center, a 774-megawatt natural gas power plant in Loudoun County, Virginia, and has invested in approximately 1,600 megawatts of new-build power generation capacity over the last three and a half years in the United States.
