Data Center Campus
The Monarch Compute Campus is a massive, 2,250-acre AI mega-project in Mason County, West Virginia, designed to scale to an unprecedented gigawatts (GW) of power capacity. Developed by AI hyperscaler Nscale following its March 2026 acquisition of AIPCorp, the site operates as the nation's first state-certified, "behind-the-meter" AI microgrid, utilizing a dedicated pipeline of Marcellus Shale natural gas to power hundreds of localized Caterpillar internal combustion engines.
This entirely self-contained, off-grid architecture bypasses regional grid constraints while completely protecting local ratepayers from rising utility costs.
Buildings
| Site | Operator | Status | Operational | Building Size | Built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neocloud Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us | Nscale |
Planned
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— | — | 2028 |
| Nscale: Monarch Compute Bldg2 | Nscale |
Planned
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— | — | 2028 |
| Neocloud Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us | Nscale |
Planned
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— | — | 2028 |
Nscale is a European-based hyperscaler built specifically for AI. It delivers exceptional performance for demanding workloads like training and fine-tuning, through a vertically integrated infrastructure spanning its data centers and software stack.
October 20, 2026 Nscale
Nscale is in talks to sell Anthropic roughly $45 billion of AI computing capacity from a second building at its Monarch data center campus in West Virginia, a deal that would nearly double the AI lab's commitments to the Nvidia-backed neocloud. Bloomberg first reported the talks on Monday, and...
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