Nscale eyes West Virginia site; Amazon, Meta interested
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- Nscale is in talks to acquire a major West Virginia data‑center, a move backed by Nvidia and already serving OpenAI and Microsoft
- Amazon and Meta have also expressed interest in the same site, highlighting intensifying competition for AI infrastructure
- Meta delayed its Avocado model launch and is temporarily licensing Gemini, while Amazon is shifting Prime Day to June, both reflecting strategic timing around new compute capacity
Why it matters: Securing new AI compute hubs will shape cloud pricing, data sovereignty, and the pace of generative AI rollout.
