Monarch Compute Campus (about 2,250 acres, off-grid gas power)

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2026-10-10

The governor said Nscale will pay to preserve and relocate chestnut and chinquapin trees at the former Clements State Tree Nursery after residents raised concerns about construction on the campus

Notes: Found during the economic development sweep. The state granted the campus high impact data center certification; the governor put client commitments at $69.2 billion, including a reported $45 billion Anthropic deal, and said it needs about 2 GW. DEP issued an enforcement order in July after sediment-laden stormwater left the site and reached neighboring homes, following a May silt retention breach in the Meadowlands Estates area. DEP took comment on air permit R14-0042 for the gas plant, with a virtual hearing Oct. 29. Project documents say generation could eventually exceed 8 GW.