Reports: Nscale cuts $49 billion deal with Anthropic for data center space at Monarch Compute Campus
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — A major deal for a new data center under construction in Mason County.
Various business reports Thursday said Anthropic which runs Claude AI will pay Nscale $45 billion over six years to rent about a third of the storage space coming at Nscale’s Monarch Compute Campus north of Point Pleasant.
Nscale has not commented.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey described the reports as ” an extraordinary vote of confidence in our state and the strategy we put in place.”
Morrisey also posted on
by WV MetroNewsMORGANTOWN, W.Va. — As a senior at Canyon Del Oro High School, Kayden Luke led the state of Arizona with 2,307 rushing yards and added 29 touchdowns to boot.
Since then, Luke has five carries in two seasons of college football, both of which Luke spent at Arizona.
Last season, Luke did not record a touch while being utilized more as a tight end.
“I went to Arizona as a running back my freshman year and carried the ball a couple times,” Luke said. “Last year, I went to the tight end room there
by WV MetroNewsROMNEY, W.Va. — The West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind dedicated its new Administration Building Memorial Thursday on the historic campus in Romney.
The memorial creates a new entrance to the school campus in Romney. (Photo: Appalachian Drone Photography/Cole Roomsburg)
The memorial is the outline of the front of a building in memory of the former Administration Building that was destroyed in a February 2022 fire.
Schools for the Deaf and Blind Superintendent Clayton Burch said the
by WV MetroNewsSOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When South Charleston football takes the field this fall, they’ll be donning brand-new headgear.
The Black Eagles program received a $35,000 investment from the WVU Medicine Thomas Foundation, in partnership with the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, to purchase 56 new helmets. South Charleston opens the season Thursday night against defending Class AAA state runner-up Nitro at 7 p.m.
Javier Cardenas
Dr. Javier Cardenas, chair of Neurology at WVU Medicine’s
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A labor dispute in West Virginia recently passed the 100-day mark.
Joshua Sword
Members of Teamsters Local 175 remain on strike against The Beverage Market.
The union members hit the picket line near Sissonville in Kanawha County on May 12. Most of the striking workers are drivers who deliver Coors, Miller, and Modello beer to stores and bars across 30 West Virginia counties.
West Virginia AFL-CIO President Josh Sword said the striking workers are maintaining their energy.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va – The trial date is set for a former Kanawha County sheriff’s deputy charged in federal court with sexually assaulting a female inmate.
Cass Close (WVRJA)
Cass Close, 56, of Charleston, entered a not guilty plea to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law on Thursday. He is accused of sexually abusing an inmate at the Kanawha County Judicial Building in July 2025 while working as a court bailiff.
Federal Magistrate Judge Dwane Tinsley set Close’s trial for October 6
by WV MetroNewsFARMINGTON, W.Va. — Two women died in a head-on crash near Farmington in Marion County Wednesday evening.
Police said the wreck happened on Helens Run Road at around 5:45 p.m.
Authorities said Jessica Frye, 39, was travelling south on Helens Run Road when she crossed the center line and collided with a vehicle being driven by Cheyenne Russ, 26, who was travelling north.
Russ died at the scene. Frye died during the HealthNet transport to J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, authorities
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