One of America's Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
Advocates warn a rare West Virginia chestnut grove may be cleared for an unverified data-center project.
Conservation advocates say about 200 American chestnut trees at the former Clements State Tree Nursery in Mason County, West Virginia, could be cleared as early as November 1, 2026, for data-center development. Advocacy materials connect the site to Monarch Compute Campus, developer Nscale, and Anthropic as a possible tenant, but those claims are unverified. Project Tamarack says the nursery is not on its land, and no public permits or parcel records were identified to settle the boundary dispute.
- About 200 American chestnuts may face clearing in West Virginia.
- Links to Nscale and Anthropic are unverified.
- Project Tamarack says the grove is not on its land.
- No public permits or site plans were identified.
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Developers and conservationists clash over 200 blight-surviving trees in Mason County, with site boundary records still undisclosed Somewhere in Mason County, West Virginia , there is a grove of trees that should not exist.
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