Nscale plans 2 GW of onsite generation at its West Virginia campus using Caterpillar engines to support up to 1.35 GW of AI compute under letter of intent with Microsoft and NVIDIA.
After OpenAI exited Nscale's Stargate Norway site and its UK partnership, Microsoft locked in 30,000 Nvidia Rubin GPUs at Nscale's 230MW Narvik facility, adding to an existing $6.2 billion capacity agreement.
Nscale's acquisition of American Intelligence & Power Corporation puts a $14.6 billion, Nvidia-backed company in control of power generation and compute delivery on a single platform, with an 8-GW runway at the Monarch Compute Campus in West Virginia and a 1.35-GW letter of intent from Microsoft.
Microsoft's commitment to nearly 1.4 GW of off-grid gas-powered generation in Mason County, West Virginia, through developer Nscale marks the first time the hyperscaler has embraced gas as a primary energy source at gigawatt scale.
Nscale acquired the 2,380-acre Monarch Compute Campus in Mason County, West Virginia, closing an MOU with Microsoft for **1.35 GW of dedicated AI capacity** running Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72 GPUs.