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NScale Mason County Data Center
NScale's data center in Mason County, West Virginia received state certification after months of negotiations, and was among two Mason County projects hailed by Governor Morrisey. It is reported, as reported September 7, 2026.
How much power it needs and how much water it would use have not been disclosed.
How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.
What is known
Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power it would draw
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Who leads it
- NScale
- as stated by the source
- Who would use it
- $45 billion
- as the source names them [5]
- Jobs once it runs
- Not disclosed
- Tax each year
- Not disclosed
- Where its power comes from
- sustainable energy sources, robust physical security, advanced cooling
- as stated by the source [5]
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)
Impact figures
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How much power it needs | Not disclosed | |||
| How much water it would use | Not disclosed | |||
| How loud it would be | Not disclosed | |||
| Jobs once it runs | Not disclosed | |||
| Tax it would pay each year | Not disclosed |
The record's fields
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is building it | NScale | as stated by the source | September 25, 2026 | |
| Who is constructing it | Not disclosed | |||
| How much land | Not disclosed | |||
| Where its power comes from | sustainable energy sources, robust physical security, advanced cooling | as stated by the source | [5] aitechtrend.com | September 25, 2026 |
| Grid connection | Not disclosed | |||
| How it is cooled | Not disclosed |
The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.
Still not public, and where it would show up
The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.
- Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
- Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
- Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.
What happened
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Starwood Digital Ventures announced a new 12 billion dollar project in Mason County [4]
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(source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Nscale Monarch data center is under construction in Point Pleasant [4]
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(source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Nscale and Anthropic struck a six year 460 megawatt deal for computing power in Mason County setup expected to come online in late 2026 [3]
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· Status: rumored (source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Nscale secured $790 million for its Norway data center project [1]
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· Status: approved (source date; the content gives no date of its own)
NScale data center in Mason County received certification after months of negotiations [6]
The full NScale Mason County Data Center timeline, in order
12 corrections to this record
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Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
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· the draft of a status history row
Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
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· the draft of a status history row
Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
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· the draft of a status history row
Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.
What was said
Gov. Patrick Morrisey unveiled a 20 year plan for data center development in West Virginia with collaboration and local community involvement as pillars
Rick Handley, Mason County Commission President, says county officials have no control over when and where data centers come
Every statement about data centers in West Virginia, by speaker
3 more statements on this page
Anthropic discovered five cases in recent months in which scientists in unspecified foreign nations used Anthropic models to study dangerous pathogens
West Virginia Governor
Governor Morrisey announced plans to triple West Virginia's electric production by mid century to support AI data centers
The site
Where in Mason County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.
Tap a pin for the data center, the parcel for its record
- This record: Proposed, ringed
- data center
- Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
- Smaller pins: 5 other published records in West Virginia
Details
- this record's location, ringed
- parcel outline, from the county parcel record
- city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
- county boundary
The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.
- Where
- Mason County, West Virginia
- How exactly it is located
- County level, the county seat
- The parcel
- No parcel outline in the public record
- Nearest homes
- Not computed for a record placed at a place center
- Nearest records
- Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at a county seat.
Questions about this project
5 questions answered from the record
Who is building NScale Mason County Data Center?
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NScale is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.
Who will use NScale Mason County Data Center?
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The named tenant is $45 billion. No promise to the community is on the record.
How much power and water does NScale Mason County Data Center say it needs?
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Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does NScale Mason County Data Center stand today?
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It is reported, as reported September 7, 2026. The newest entry, reported September 13, 2026: Starwood Digital Ventures announced a new 12 billion dollar project in Mason County [4].
What has Mason County decided about it?
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No decision by Mason County about data centers is on the record. The Mason County page and the West Virginia scorecard list every rated row the day a person publishes one.
Sources
Reporting
- Nscale seeks $3.5bn in pre IPO funding - report, Data Center Dynamics, September 7, 2026, trade press
- Anthropic signs $45bn compute capacity agreement with Nscale - report - Data Center Dynamics, Data Center Dynamics, August 27, 2026, trade press
- WV data center secrecy and pollution issues loom large amid growing AI risks - Charleston Gazette Mail, Charleston Gazette-Mail, September 12, 2026, local outlet
- Morrisey’s data center plan promises communities a voice in the process. Locals say they’re still shut out. - Mountain State Spotlight, Mountain State Spotlight, September 13, 2026, local outlet
- Anthropic's $45B Cloud Computing Deal with Nscale, aitechtrend.com, September 3, 2026, local outlet
- NScale data center in Mason County gets certification after months of negotitiations, www.dcnewsnow.com, September 3, 2026, local outlet
- Homeowner’s yard floods again near Nscale data center site - WSAZ, WSAZ, September 10, 2026, local outlet
- NScale data center in Mason County gets certification after months of negotitiations - WOWK 13 News, WOWK 13 News, September 3, 2026, local outlet
- Morrisey hails state certifications for two Mason County data center projects - herald-dispatch.com, herald-dispatch.com, September 4, 2026, local outlet
- Morrisey hails state certifications for two Mason County data center projects - Charleston Gazette-Mail, Charleston Gazette-Mail, September 3, 2026, local outlet
- Morrisey hails state certifications for two Mason County data center projects - coalvalleynews.com, coalvalleynews.com, September 3, 2026, local outlet
- Morrisey: New West Virginia development commitments near state’s entire annual GDP - - The Parkersburg News and Sentinel, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel, September 3, 2026, local outlet
12 sources on file.
Cite this record
Data Center Record, "NScale Mason County Data Center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/nscale-mason-county-data-center-wv, last verified September 25, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "NScale Mason County Data Center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/nscale-mason-county-data-center-wv. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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For researchers
- Slug
- nscale-mason-county-data-center-wv
- Status value
- rumored
- Stage
- Proposed
- Tier
- skeleton
- Tags
- skeleton
- Place id
- us/wv/mason-county
- Coordinates
- 38.85753, -82.12857
- Location precision
- county
- Location source
- County seat (Point Pleasant), Wikidata, placed at county level
- Coordinate source
- wikidata county seat
- Location source number
- Not disclosed
- Location last verified
- September 16, 2026
- EPA registry id
- Not disclosed
- Use type values
- not_disclosed
- Tenancy value
- not_disclosed
- Cooling type value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity basis
- not_disclosed
- Water basis
- not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
- Acreage basis
- Not disclosed
- Interconnection value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity, if disclosed
- Not disclosed
- Rating of the county's rows
- Not disclosed
- Published
- 2026-09-05
- Last verified
- 2026-09-25