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Monarch Compute Campus

Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia

Under constructionContestedAI confirmedRecord updated October 28, 2026

Monarch Compute Campus is a data center under construction in Point Pleasant, West Virginia (Mason County), operated by Nscale. The public record puts it at announced March 2026, 2 GW planned, 2,250 acres, a reported $20 billion investment. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator: Nscale
Facility type: Data center, AI use confirmed
Location: Point Pleasant, Mason County, WV
Coordinates: 38.8700, -82.1000 (approximate)
Power capacity: 2 GW planned
Land: 2,250 acres
Investment: $20 billion
Announced: March 2026
Utility: Appalachian Power (AEP)
Power source: On site gas
On site generation: 2 GW
Cooling: Closed loop
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: 645 permanent; 4,375 construction
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: Contested
Source confidence: Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

September 2026
Under construction
State high-impact data center certification (under HB 2014) announced 2026-09-03 alongside confirmation that construction is already underway at the site. Source: WV Gazette-Mail
March 2026
Proposed
Nscale acquired AIPCorp and 2,250-acre Monarch Compute Campus north of Point Pleasant; Microsoft letter of intent for 1.35 GW (430,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 GPUs) announced at NVIDIA GTC 2026 March 16. First phase (2 GW power) target H1 2028. Source: Nscale

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Monarch Compute Campus in Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. 60+ Mason County residents attended March 17, 2026 meeting to organize opposition; concerns over noise, light, water, and CO2 pollution.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.

60+ Mason County residents attended March 17, 2026 meeting to organize opposition; concerns over noise, light, water, and CO2 pollution. Marshall University and Mountwest Community College workforce training partnership established.

Source: WV Gazette-Mail

Power and water

Caterpillar G3500 series natural gas generators; US's first state-certified AI microgrid scalable to 8 GW. Battery energy storage systems for AI load swing management. Carbon sequestration pursued. Generator deliveries scheduled September 2026, August 2027.

West Virginia Public Broadcasting reports "Nscale will use a closed-loop water system to minimize water use, and its power infrastructure costs will not be passed on to West Virginia ratepayers." Classified as closed-loop because the circuit recirculates; as of September 2026, no evaporative assist or makeup-water volume has been published.

Notes on the record

Nscale backed by $2B NVIDIA investment. Microsoft LOI covers 430,000 Vera Rubin NVL72 GPUs in multi-year framework agreement. 8 GW ceiling for full site; the planned capacity reflects 2028 phase target of 2 GW. Acquired from AIPCorp (Fidelis New Energy / 8090 Industries). Coordinates are approximate for north of Point Pleasant, Mason County. As of September 2026, no PILOT or county tax-abatement agreement was found in any source checked; the project is instead reported as making community donations ($450,000 combined to Mason County Sheriff's Dept, EMS and the Economic Development Authority in April 2026; $500,000 to Mason County Schools reported August 2026) rather than receiving incentives. As of September 2026, no precise street address could be resolved. Multiple sources place the site 'north of Point Pleasant along WV-62 near Camp Conley' in Mason County, but no source gives a house number or parcel ID, so no street address is recorded rather than one approximated from a road name.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

Tax abatements or other public subsidy

Which document closes each gap

Tax abatements or other public subsidy: The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.

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Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Project Tamarack · West Columbia · Starwood Digital Ventures8 mi · Proposed · 2.2 GW · Mixed reception
Google Putnam County Data Center · Buffalo · Google17 mi · Proposed · Mixed reception

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Monarch Compute Campus in Point Pleasant?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Monarch Compute Campus?

No lawsuit over Monarch Compute Campus appears in the record we track as of October 28, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Monarch Compute Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Monarch Compute Campus is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Monarch Compute Campus, and how big is it?

Nscale is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 2 GW. The site is recorded at 2250 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Monarch Compute Campus," updated October 28, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/nscale-monarch-mason-county-wv.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/nscale-monarch-mason-county-wv, retrieved October 29, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

1.Nscale and Microsoft Announce Collaboration with NVIDIA and Caterpillar to Deliver 1.35GW NVIDIA Vera Rubin at WV AI Factory Campus · Nscale · retrieved October 28, 2026
2.Nscale acquires 8GW Monarch Compute Campus; Microsoft signs on for 1.35GW · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
3.Mason County residents meet to discuss plans to fight data center · WV Gazette-Mail · retrieved July 6, 2026
4.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
5.Morrisey hails state certifications for two Mason County data center projects · WV Gazette-Mail · retrieved September 10, 2026
6.Construction weeks away, Mason County data center operational in early 2027, builder says · WV Gazette-Mail · retrieved September 10, 2026
7.West Virginia certifies two data centers in Mason County, Monarch phase one "approximately 2 gigawatts of power", expansion "to 8 gigawatts or more" · The Herald-Dispatch · retrieved September 15, 2026
8.Second Certified Data Center Announced For Mason County, "Nscale will use a closed-loop water system to minimize water use" · West Virginia Public Broadcasting · retrieved October 28, 2026

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