Data center in West Virginia may destroy grove of blight-surviving chestnuts

About 200 American chestnuts planted in the 1970s from wild survivors in Mason County, West Virginia, could be cleared as early as November 1, 2026, for a data center. Project Tamarack denies the grove is on its land, and links to Nscale, Monarch Compute Campus and Anthropic remain unconfirmed.

• About 200 chestnuts could be cleared from November 1, 2026
• Trees were planted in the 1970s from wild survivors
• Project Tamarack says the grove is not on its site
• Links to Nscale, Monarch and Anthropic are unconfirmed