LCH2 gets $1 million more for Washington clean energy campus with AI computing site

Nov 13, 2026
The planned Lewis County campus would turn forestry waste into hydrogen and power, alongside a 50-megawatt AI computing load.

The Lewis County Hydrogen Alliance (LCH2) has received another $1 million from TransAlta's Centralia Coal Transition Grants program for a planned clean energy campus in Lewis County, Washington, bringing its grant support to $1.4 million, the group announced.

The "From Wood to AI" campus would turn regional forestry residuals into hydrogen, carbon products and dispatchable electricity, with an AI computing complex on the same site. The current planning case targets about 1,000 wet tonnes of forestry residuals a day and a 50-megawatt computing load at full buildout. The new money funds site control, engineering, permitting, supply and offtake agreements and financing work, not construction, and LCH2 says the buildout still depends on permits, commercial agreements and project financing.

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