W.Va. officials praise latest changing of hands of Fidelis Mason County data center project
News ClipNews and Sentinel·Point Pleasant, Mason County, WV·3/18/2026
Nscale has acquired the Monarch Compute Campus, a large data center and microgrid project in Mason County, West Virginia. The company announced a collaboration with Microsoft to power an AI data center using NVIDIA GPUs. While state officials praised the move as a vote of confidence, local opposition groups raised concerns about transparency and environmental risks.
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CHARLESTON – A data center and microgrid project first approved by West Virginia economic development officials in 2023 in Mason County is undergoing a change of hands. In an announcement Monday, California-based Nscale said it acquired the Monarch Compute Campus, a 2,380-acre data center and microgrid project near Point Pleasant. Nscale acquired American Intelligence and […]