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West Virginia Off-Grid Gas-Powered Data Center Microgrid

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The status recorded for “West Virginia Off-Grid Gas-Powered Data Center Microgrid” is under construction.

Sector: Data Center • Location: West Virginia, United States

Source: Latitude Media

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A microgrid project in Mason County, West Virginia, to provide nearly 1.4 gigawatts of power to data centers using off-grid gas generators. The project is led by Nscale, a startup building AI compute campuses, planning to deploy hundreds of gas generators by the first half of 2028. This is the first time Microsoft has committed to a fully off-grid, gas-powered data center at the gigawatt scale.

Status: Under Construction
Sector: Data Center, Power Generation (CCGT), Commercial
Location: West Virginia, United States of America
Updated: 22 Jul 2026
Source: Latitude Media

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The project “West Virginia Off-Grid Gas-Powered Data Center Microgrid” is an infrastructure initiative in the Data Center sector, located in West Virginia, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Latitude Media.

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Taiyo status	Under Construction
Taiyo last update	2026-07-22

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Description	A microgrid project in Mason County, West Virginia, to provide nearly 1.4 gigawatts of power to data centers using off-grid gas generators. The project is led by Nscale, a startup building AI compute campuses, planning to deploy hundreds of gas generators by the first half of 2028. This is the first time Microsoft has committed to a fully off-grid, gas-powered data center at the gigawatt scale.
Original sector	Energy

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Country	United States of America (USA)
State	West Virginia

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Sector	Data Center, Power Generation (CCGT), Commercial
Article published date	2026-04-04

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