Nscale Acquires American Intelligence & Power Corporation, Creating a Full Stack AI Hyperscaler

The acquisition secures the Monarch Compute Campus, a site with up to 2,250 acres in West Virginia and the U.S.'s first state-certified AI microgrid with a power runway scalable to over 8 gigawatts.

Mar. 17, 2026 at 2:18am

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Nscale, a global company, has signed an agreement to acquire American Intelligence & Power Corporation (AIPCorp), sponsored by Fidelis New Energy and 8090 Industries. The acquisition includes the Monarch Compute Campus in West Virginia, which is the United States' first state-certified AI microgrid with a power runway scalable to over 8 gigawatts. This acquisition establishes Nscale Energy & Power, a new global division of Nscale headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Why it matters

The Monarch Compute Campus provides Nscale with access to long-term, low-cost, onsite powered microgrid to support multi-gigawatt expansion over the long-term, a key bottleneck in the buildout of in-demand, cutting-edge AI compute. This acquisition allows Nscale to meet the growing demand for AI infrastructure in the United States, the world's largest AI infrastructure market.

The details

The West Virginia campus is the first state-certified utility grid purpose-built for AI workloads in the United States. Initial power capacity of 2 gigawatts is expected to be online by the first half of 2028 with an expansion to approximately 8 gigawatts planned for 2031. The full AIPCorp and Fidelis New Energy organization, including leadership and staff, will join Nscale as part of the acquisition.

  • Initial power capacity of 2 gigawatts is expected to be online by the first half of 2028.
  • An expansion to approximately 8 gigawatts is planned for 2031.

The players

Nscale

A global company building the global hyperscaler engineered for AI infrastructure.

American Intelligence & Power Corporation (AIPCorp)

A company sponsored by Fidelis New Energy and 8090 Industries, including the Monarch Compute Campus in West Virginia.

Monarch Compute Campus

A site with up to 2,250 acres in Mason County, West Virginia, and the United States' first state-certified AI microgrid with a power runway scalable to over 8 gigawatts.

Nscale Energy & Power

A new global division of Nscale headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Daniel Shapiro

The Chief Power Officer of Nscale Energy & Power.

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What they’re saying

“Nscale is a global company, and the US is the world's largest AI infrastructure market. AI infrastructure needs to be built where demand is, and right now a significant share of that demand is in the United States.”

— Josh Payne, CEO of Nscale

“The vision for AIPCorp was always to build the vertically integrated power-and-compute model that this combination achieves instantly. This combination — plus Nscale's disciplined balance sheet — delivers exactly what the high-growth AI market demands: a debottlenecked, integrated neocloud platform built to scale.”

— Daniel Shapiro, Chief Power Officer

What’s next

Initial power capacity of 2 gigawatts is expected to be online by the first half of 2028, with an expansion to approximately 8 gigawatts planned for 2031.

The takeaway

This acquisition allows Nscale to meet the growing demand for AI infrastructure in the United States, the world's largest AI infrastructure market, by securing a state-certified AI microgrid with a power runway scalable to over 8 gigawatts.