FACILITY PROFILE · WV

Monarch Compute Campus

Nscale · Point Pleasant · WV

PROJECT FACTS

Facility overview

Under Construction

Operator: Nscale
Location: Point Pleasant, Mason, WV
Operating power capacity: Not publicly reported
Planned power capacity: 2,000.0 MW
AI classification: Confirmed
Source confidence: Confirmed
Reported energy source: on_site_gas
Reported utility: Appalachian Power (AEP)
Cooling system: closed_loop
Location accuracy: exact
Original announcement: 2026-03
Source record updated: 2026-09-15

Operating MW and planned MW are separate disclosures, not automatically additive. Blank values mean no established source figure; they do not mean zero. Geolocation may be approximate or represent multiple sites.

SOURCE DOCUMENTATION

Original source links

Nscale and Microsoft Announce Collaboration with NVIDIA and Caterpillar to Deliver 1.35GW NVIDIA Vera Rubin at WV AI Factory Campus ↗2026-09-10

Nscale acquires 8GW Monarch Compute Campus; Microsoft signs on for 1.35GW ↗2026-07-06

Mason County residents meet to discuss plans to fight data center ↗2026-07-06

HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) ↗2026-07-23

Morrisey hails state certifications for two Mason County data center projects ↗2026-09-10

Construction weeks away, Mason County data center operational in early 2027, builder says ↗2026-09-10

West Virginia certifies two data centers in Mason County — Monarch phase one "approximately 2 gigawatts of power", expansion "to 8 gigawatts or more" ↗2026-09-15

Second Certified Data Center Announced For Mason County — "Nscale will use a closed-loop water system to minimize water use" ↗2026-09-15

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