A $20 billion AI data center has set its sights on a centuries-old chestnut forest
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A proposed $20 billion artificial intelligence data center project known as the Monarch Compute Campus has triggered a conservation dispute in Mason County, West Virginia. The massive facility is planned to span nearly 1,000 hectares.
The development site threatens a local stand of century-old American chestnut trees, placing industrial infrastructure expansion in direct conflict with environmental preservation efforts for a historically significant forest ecosystem.
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