Monarch Compute Campus
Nscale is building a 2000 MW data center in Mason County, West Virginia (under construction). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 2000 MW
- Investment
- $20B
- Site
- 2,250 acres
- Expected completion
- 2028
- IT load
- 1350 MW
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
Operator
Nscale
Utility
Appalachian Power (AEP)
Schedule
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- in 2 yr
Expected completionPlanned
- this month
Construction start
- Today
Under construction
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- 6 mo ago
Announced
- 6 mo ago
Event date: · First observed: Not reported
Reported updates without an event date
Reported for 2028.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Reported for 2026-09.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 2, figures differ
- Location
- Site footprint confirmed
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasSC Server CountryKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- Nscale
- Tenants
- Microsoft
- Stage
- Under construction
- Facility type
- AI data center
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 2000 MW
- Capacity as the sources range
- 2000 to 8000 MW
- Reported IT load
- 1350 MW
- Reported investment
- $20B
- Site area
- 2,250 acres
- Reported jobs
- 645
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2026-03-16Reported date — see the source for the event evidenced.
- Construction start reported
- 2026-09
- Expected completion
- 2028
Site
- City
- Point Pleasant
- County
- Mason
- State
- West Virginia
- Location precision
- Site footprint confirmed
- Community response
- Local opposition reported
Power and cooling
- Utility
- Appalachian Power (AEP)
- Power source
- On-site natural gas generation
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- AI workload
- Confirmed AI or machine-learning workload
Permits and public records
- Incentives reported
- Sales Tax Exemption; Other
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | Monarch Compute Campus | Under construction | 2000 MW |
| Server Country | Nscale / Microsoft Monarch Compute Campus AI Infrastructure Phase | Under construction | 8000 MW |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 15, 2026 · Record: nscale-monarch-mason-county-wv
- CANscale (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 10, 2026
- CAData Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CAWV Gazette-Mail (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CAOak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 23, 2026
- CAWV Gazette-Mail (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 10, 2026
- CAWV Gazette-Mail (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 10, 2026
- CAThe Herald-Dispatch (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 15, 2026
- CAWest Virginia Public Broadcasting (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 15, 2026
- SCServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0593
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 203147472722892
Limitations and interpretation
- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.
Cite or correct this record
Kapwork Grow, “Monarch Compute Campus”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/monarch-compute-campus-wv-dc_b8c2f4f2dbcc, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
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An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. Capacity and dates are as reported by the cited sources. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.
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