Mason County, West Virginia, near Point Pleasant, United States (approximate: Point Pleasant town centre; the campus is about 2,250 acres and no street address is published)
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Nscale's[1] Monarch page: Phase 1 "delivery targeted by early 2028"; Caterpillar generation to reach 2 GW by the first half of 2028 (EnergyTech[4]). WSAZ[3] reported operations by the second half of 2027 and Cleanview[2] lists Building 1 for 2027.Nscale's Monarch Compute Campus in Mason County, West Virginia is a 2,250-acre off-grid gas-microgrid AI campus with a 1.35 GW (1,350 MW) Phase 1 and a stated path to 8 GW plus; Nscale cites more than 20B USD of planned investment (a local report says 40B USD) and Microsoft signed a letter of intent for 1.35 GW.
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