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Nscale data center in Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Updated Nov 3, 2026Sources: Compute Atlas; Server Country; Kapwork Grow tracker

Announced Mar 16, 2026, in Mason County. No permit on record yet.

No permit on record yet. First seen Aug 15, 2026.

Where

Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia.

Exact site not public. Shown at township level.

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Point PleasantMason County
Reported capacity
2,000MW
Planned, as Compute Atlas (Sep 15, 2026) reports it. May be planned, not energised, capacity.
Work it brings
Electrical, mechanical, low-voltage, site, fiber
The trades a data center build hires, from the site work to the last mile of fiber.
Who bills here
Nscale
The operator, per Compute Atlas and Server Country. No public record names its general contractor yet. The carriers show here when a record names them.

  • Nearest other build

    Project Tamarack

    8.1 miles away

  • Builds in Mason County

    2

    Published builds in the Kapwork Grow tracker, this one included. Published Nov 3, 2026.

  • Builds in West Virginia

    16

    Proposed, approved, under construction or expanding, this one included. Kapwork Grow tracker, published Nov 3, 2026.

  • U.S. data center construction

    $84.95B a year

    August 2026, seasonally adjusted annual rate, preliminary. Up 73.2% from $49.05B in August 2025; 63.3% of private office construction. U.S. Census Bureau, C30, released Oct 1, 2026.

What this means for you

Same customers, bigger invoices.

The electrical, mechanical and fiber work on this campus bills Nscale, its GC and the carriers you already know. Certify the invoices behind it, and funders compete to fund them.

An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.

Who your invoice goes to

  • NscaleOperator
  • General contractorNot named yet
  • CarriersNot named yet
  • UtilityNot named yet

Key facts

Stage
Under constructionCompute Atlas · Sep 15, 2026; Server Country · Sep 24, 2026
Reported capacity
2000 MWCompute Atlas · Sep 15, 2026
Capacity as the sources range
2000 to 8000 MWCompute Atlas · Sep 15, 2026; Server Country · Sep 24, 2026
Site area
2,250 acresKapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
Reported investment
$20BKapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
Reported jobs
645Kapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
Announced
Mar 16, 2026Server Country · Sep 24, 2026
Construction start reported
Sep 2026Compute Atlas · Sep 15, 2026
Expected completion
2028Server Country · Sep 24, 2026
Location
Point Pleasant, Mason County, West VirginiaCompute Atlas · Sep 15, 2026; Server Country · Sep 24, 2026
Location precision
Site footprint confirmedKapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
Community response
Local opposition reportedKapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
Power source
On-site natural gas generationKapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
Cooling
Closed loopKapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
AI workload
Confirmed AI or machine-learning workloadCompute Atlas · Sep 15, 2026
Facility type
AI data centerKapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
Incentives reported
Sales Tax Exemption; OtherKapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026

What the public record lacks: the building area and the general contractor's name.

Who's involved

Operator
NscaleCompute Atlas · Sep 15, 2026; Server Country · Sep 24, 2026
Tenants
MicrosoftKapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
Utility
Appalachian Power (AEP)Kapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
General contractor
Not named in a public record yet
Carriers
Appear here as the records name them

How far along it is

  1. · Server Country

    Reported as announced

  2. · Kapwork's date

    First seen in the Kapwork Grow tracker (its first snapshot)

  3. · Compute Atlas

    Construction start

  4. · Server Country

    Expected completion

  5. Date not reported · Server Country

    Expected completion reported

  6. Date not reported · Compute Atlas

    Construction start reported

Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred. Dates marked Kapwork's date come from the tracker's own snapshots, not from the sources.

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In West Virginia

All West Virginia data center builds

The Kapwork Grow tracker lists 16 published builds in West Virginia, as published Nov 3, 2026; these are the ones linked to this record.

Questions this page answers

Is Monarch Compute Campus under construction?
No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Sep 15, 2026) and Server Country (Sep 24, 2026) report it as under construction.
Who is building Monarch Compute Campus?
Nscale is the operator; the tenants reported are Microsoft. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does.
When is Monarch Compute Campus expected to finish?
Server Country reports expected completion in 2028. That is a reported target, not a schedule.
Which carriers serve Monarch Compute Campus?
No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does.
How do contractors on Monarch Compute Campus get paid sooner?
The owner pays the general contractor, and the general contractor pays its subcontractors. Once your customer approves your invoice, certify it with Kapwork. Funders compete to fund it, so you don't wait for the payment date. Free for businesses. Kapwork doesn't lend and doesn't contact your customer.

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Sources, updates and data

Compute Atlas · Server Country · Kapwork Grow tracker · U.S. Census C30

Where this comes from

What each source reports

  • Compute Atlas: Under construction, 2,000 MW
  • Server Country: Under construction, 8,000 MW, as “Nscale / Microsoft Monarch Compute Campus AI Infrastructure Phase”

Updates

  • Date not reported: Construction start reported. Compute Atlas
  • Date not reported: Expected completion reported. Server Country
  • 2028: Expected completion. Server Country
  • Sep 2026: Construction start. Compute Atlas
  • Aug 15, 2026: First seen in the Kapwork Grow tracker (its first snapshot). Kapwork's date
  • Mar 16, 2026: Reported as announced. Server Country

Limitations and interpretation

  • This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. 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.

“Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.

Nearest build: Haversine great-circle distance on the tracker latitude and longitude, in statute miles, rounded to 0.1. First-seen dates: first_seen: the earliest committed snapshot of data/dcfo.sqlite holding any of the facility's source keys (source:source_id), narrowed to the nightly run day by the alert sender's facility_new events when they are available. status_first_seen: the start of the unbroken run of snapshots, ending at this one, in which a facility sharing a source key had the current status, narrowed by the latest status_changed event to that status. Dates are Kapwork's, not the sources'.

What we don't know yet

  • The building area and the general contractor's name.
  • The carriers that serve the campus.
  • How the operator and its GC pay their contractors: portal, terms, days to pay.

Spot an error? Tell us

Cite: Kapwork Grow, “Monarch Compute Campus”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/monarch-compute-campus-wv-dc_b8c2f4f2dbcc, materially updated Nov 3, 2026.

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