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Monarch Compute Campus

Point Pleasant, West Virginia, United StatesPreconstruction
Evidence
Planned / design
8,000 MW
Updated
Oct 28, 2026

Nscale’s Monarch campus is a proposed AI-infrastructure development on more than 2,250 acres in Mason County, West Virginia. Nscale describes a 1.35 GW first phase targeted for service in the 2027–2028 period, with a longer-term expansion path above 8 GW and planned capital investment exceeding $20 billion. Microsoft has signed a non-binding letter of intent for up to 1.35 GW of compute capacity, so neither that amount nor the 8 GW expansion ceiling is operating capacity. Delivery depends on power, microgrid, customer, financing and construction milestones.

Capacity

Reported capacity

Planned / design or future potential

8,000 MW

Source

Reported capacity

Planned / design or future potential

8,000 MW

Source

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Phase 1 development; long-term expansion conceptUnder construction

Nscale’s Monarch campus is a proposed AI-infrastructure development on more than 2,250 acres in Mason County, West Virginia. Nscale describes a 1.35 GW first phase targeted for service in the 2027–2028 period, with a longer-term expansion path above 8 GW and planned capital investment exceeding $20 billion. Microsoft has signed a non-binding letter of intent for up to 1.35 GW of compute capacity, so neither that amount nor the 8 GW expansion ceiling is operating capacity. Delivery depends on power, microgrid, customer, financing and construction milestones.

Milestones (2)
Nscale announced acquisition and first-phase commercial framework

May 13, 2026 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

Source not linked
First-phase service target

2028 · Forecast / planned record

Forecast · Forecast completion

Source not linked

Participants

Microsoft

Customer

Sources by role
Customer (1)
Nscale

Developer

Sources by role
Developer (1)

Capital & incentives

Capital claims

Reported investment

Reported rounded

$20,000,000,000

Source

Site & development

Location context

Actual

Monarch Compute Campus | Point Pleasant | West Virginia | US

Source

Location context

Actual

Monarch Compute Campus | Point Pleasant | West Virginia | US

Source

Site area

Actual

2,250 acres

Source

Additional project facts

Lifecycle status

Actual

Preconstruction

Source

Capacity basis

Actual

8,000 MW future full build site capacity; not measured operating IT load.

Source

Lifecycle status

Actual

Preconstruction

Source

Capacity basis

Actual

More than 8,000 MW is a long term expansion path; Phase 1 is 1,350 MW and remains planned.

Source

Commercial status

Reported rounded

Microsoft letter of intent; non binding

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (2)
Electric grid

Planned or represented

1,350 MW

First phase is described as a state-certified AI microgrid.

Electric grid

Planned or represented

8,000 MW

Long-term expansion path, not committed operating load.

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.