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Data center campus · Off Ohio River Road (W.Va. 62) north of Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia

Monarch Compute Campus

Under construction as of Oct. 20, 2026

Nscale is developing a multi-gigawatt AI campus on up to 2,250 acres north of Point Pleasant, to be powered by its own gas-engine plant whose air permit is still under state review. Also known as: Monarch Cloud Campus.

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Power2,000MW reported · record
Site2,250acres
IT load1,370MW

Who is behind it

ProjectMonarch Compute CampusAlso: Monarch Cloud Campus
Developer and teamNscale (through Monarch Cloud Campus LLC (via American Intelligence & Power Corp.))
Fidelis New Energy
End userAnthropic (Nscale S-1 describes Aug. 25, 2026 agreements for GPU capacity at Monarch); Microsoft signed a 1.35 GW letter of intent in March 2026.

The record, newest first

  1. The DEP opened public review of the power plant's air permit application, with a virtual meeting set for Oct. 29 and comments due Oct. 30. (WSAZ, Oct. 20, 2026)

  2. The governor announced high impact data center certification for Nscale's first phase, citing about 2 GW, 4,375 construction jobs and 645 permanent jobs. (Office of the Governor of West Virginia, Sept. 3, 2026; Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sept. 3, 2026)

  3. Nscale signed GPU services agreements with Anthropic for capacity at Monarch, with payments of up to about $44.6 billion, per its S-1. (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR), Sept. 18, 2026)

  4. DEP issued an enforcement order after a July 11 storm sent sediment onto neighboring homes, stopping work in one drainage area until controls were installed. (WV Department of Environmental Protection news release (republished by MyBuckhannon.com), July 16, 2026)

  5. DEP held a hearing on a stormwater permit covering 556.5 acres of gas pipeline work in Putnam and Mason counties tied to the campus. (The Herald-Dispatch, May 28, 2026)

  6. About six nearby residents' homes flooded after a silt fence came apart; the DEP issued several erosion and sediment control violation notices from late May through June 10. (Charleston Gazette-Mail, July 10, 2026)

  7. Monarch Cloud Campus LLC applied for an air permit covering three buildings and 864 gas engines; site preparation had started. (HD Media (via West Virginia Press Association), May 4, 2026; The Herald-Dispatch (HD Media), undated)

  8. An Nscale executive said construction was weeks away, with first power of about 2 GW in early 2027 and about 700 jobs in the first phase. (The Herald-Dispatch, April 9, 2026; WSAZ, April 7, 2026)

  9. Nscale completed its purchase of American Intelligence & Power Corp., per its S-1. (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR), Sept. 18, 2026)

  10. Nscale announced a 1.35 GW letter of intent with Microsoft for compute at the campus, with deliveries to begin in late 2027. (The Next Web, March 17, 2026)

  11. Nscale said it had agreed to buy American Intelligence & Power Corp., which holds the campus. (WCHS, March 16, 2026)

  12. Fidelis New Energy and 8090 Industries announced the campus with an eventual 8 GW goal, and Caterpillar agreed to supply 2 GW of gas generator sets for the first phase. (West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Jan. 29, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Investment figures conflict widely ($20 billion+, $40 billion, $69.2 billion for Phase 1); show the range.
  • Online dates differ: January 2027 (air application, per HD Media), early 2027 (Nscale, April), second half of 2027 (WSAZ) and first half of 2028 (S-1, TNW, WCHS).
  • The Gazette-Mail reported a 460 MW Anthropic deal citing an unnamed source; the S-1 confirms Anthropic agreements but gives no MW. The Microsoft letter of intent is from Nscale's announcement (TNW); the S-1 does not mention it for Monarch.
  • Status 'construction' reflects site work under a stormwater permit; the power plant air permit was not final as of Oct. 26, 2026.
  • The developer has offered a purchase program to nearby homeowners (Gazette-Mail).
  • State loan details (Mountaineer GigaSystem) are from HD Media's report 'New permits eyed for Mason Co. data center-tied project after eight-figure WV support'.

The full record

Status note
Site work began in spring 2026 under a DEP stormwater permit; the air permit application for the 864-engine power plant was under DEP public review, with comments due Oct. 30, 2026.
Power note
Phase 1 is about 2 GW gross (1.37 GW IT) per Nscale's S-1; the air application covers 2.16 GW from 864 engines of 2.5 MW each. The S-1 describes expansion to more than 8 GW gross and more than 6.5 GW IT.
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.