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Monarch Compute Campus

Point Pleasant, West Virginia, United StatesPreconstruction
Capacity
8,000 MW
Planned / design
Lead participant
Nscale
Developer
Last updated
Aug 28, 2026
Most recent public record update

About Monarch Compute Campus

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

Planned / design
Operating capacityAn operating IT-capacity figure has not been publicly disclosed.
Future Potential8,000 MWDesign · Monarch Compute Campus
Future Potential8,000 MWDesign · Monarch Compute Campus

Development

1 phases · 2 milestones
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.

May 13, 2026
Nscale announced acquisition and first-phase commercial framework
Completed
Jan 1, 2028
First-phase service target
Forecast

Infrastructure

Electric GridPlanned Or Represented

1,350 MW

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

Electric GridPlanned Or Represented

8,000 MW

Long-term expansion path, not committed operating load.

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Power & interconnection: 2

Facts & sources

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11 facts
Location Context
Monarch Compute Campus | Point Pleasant | West Virginia | US
Actual
Lifecycle Status
Preconstruction
Actual
Reported Capacity
8,000 MW
Design
Capacity Basis
8,000 MW future full build site capacity; not measured operating IT load.
Actual
Location Context
Monarch Compute Campus | Point Pleasant | West Virginia | US
Actual
Lifecycle Status
Preconstruction
Actual
Reported Capacity
8,000 MW
Design
Capacity Basis
More than 8,000 MW is a long term expansion path; Phase 1 is 1,350 MW and remains planned.
Actual
Site Area
2,250 acres
Actual
Reported Investment
$20,000,000,000
Reported Rounded
Commercial Status
Microsoft letter of intent; non binding
Reported Rounded