Monarch Cloud Campus
Data center project in Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Monarch Cloud Campus is a data center project in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, approved, developed by Nscale, with a stated size of 1.35 GW. Last reported November 7, 2026, from 3 sources.
- Status
- Approved
- Developer
- Nscale
- Location
- Point Pleasant, West Virginia
- Stated size
- 1.35 GW
- Stated investment
- $40B
- Last reported
- ·
- Sources
- 3 sources
- Other companies on the job
- 5 companies named, on Ultra
Is it moving?
Every record shows two dates: the one the source gives, and the day Spezia last checked it. How the dates work
Permits and filings
- Air permitAir permit · R14-0042 · Under review · w4news.org ↗
- Air construction permit application for 2.16 GW on-site generationAir permit · datacentercensus.com ↗
- WVDEP unilateral enforcement order for stormwater and mudEnvironmental review · Status not stated · datacentercensus.com ↗
- State Waters Permit application for Data Center 3Water · WVDEP Division of Water and Waste Management · dep-auth.wv.gov ↗
- WaterWater · Under review · w4news.org ↗
- Corps jurisdictional determinations for Phase 1 & 2 and Power Generation North/SouthEnvironmental review · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · dep-auth.wv.gov ↗
- State 'high-impact' certificationIncentive · State of West Virginia · datacentercensus.com ↗
What the sources say
Status
“received certification on Aug. 26”
Size
“with 1.35 gigawatts planned in its first phase”
Status
“Workers broke ground on Phase 1 in July 2026, with that phase expected to run through December 2027.”
Planned capacity
8 GW
On-site generation
2.16 GW
Generators
864 natural-gas engines
Power nodes
12 power nodes
Limits of disturbance (Data Center 3)
approximately 166 acres
Study area
approximately 1,200-acre study area
Stream impacts
approximately 5,018 linear feet
Wetland impacts
23.36 acres
Status
Under construction
Stated investment
$20 billion
Reports behind this page
- Boone County WV Data Center Certified Without Public Notice · hoodline.com ·
- Report from herald-dispatch.com · herald-dispatch.com ·
- DIGITAL_082726_EASRCC Newspaper Fall 2026 - Enjoying your free trial · fliphtml5.com ·
What the full file adds
- General contractor2 named
- Electrical contractorOpen: not named yet
- Mechanical contractorOpen: not named yet
- Engineering and commissioning1 named
- Power and cooling equipmentOpen: not named yet
- Utility and power supplyOpen: not named yet
- TenantOpen: not named yet
- Investors and lendersOpen: not named yet
- Named builders, suppliers and partners5 companies named on this job besides the developer, each with its source.Ultra
- Buying stage by tradeWhen the electrical, mechanical and other trade work on this job is likely to be bought.Ultra
- ContactsSenior people at the companies on this job, where public pages name them.Ultra
- Video and satellite readingsHow busy the site looks, wherever public drone or news footage or a satellite image of it is found.Ultra
- Spezia's read of the projectIts construction phase, how likely it is to be built and what is holding it back.Ultra
- AlertsAn email the day this project moves.Ultra
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Other data centers in Point Pleasant and West Virginia
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- Monarch Compute Campus and Mountaineer GigasystemUnknownSame town · Point PleasantFidelis2 GW
- Monarch Compute CampusAnnouncedSame town · Point PleasantNscale1.3 GW
- Monarch data center campusAnnouncedSame town · Point PleasantNscale460 MW
- Nscale West Virginia data center campusUnknownSame town · Point PleasantNscale460 MW
- Nscale / Microsoft Monarch Compute Campus AI Infrastructure PhaseUnknownSame town · Point PleasantNscaleSize not stated
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