Applied Digital Polaris Forge 1

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

1. September 10, 2026

   Coverage
   Officials tout population growth, larger tax base, other benefits of data centers in North Dakota · North Dakota Monitor
2. December 2025

   Under construction
   Building 1 fully operational at 100 MW; Buildings 2 (150 MW) and 3 (150 MW) under construction for CoreWeave Source: Data Center Dynamics
3. October 2025

   Operating
   Building 1 Phase 1 (50 MW) achieves Ready for Service for CoreWeave Source: Data Center Dynamics
4. 2023

   Under construction
   AI factory construction begins in Ellendale

Opposition and litigation at this site

Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Applied Digital Polaris Forge 1 in Ellendale, Dickey County, North Dakota, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of July 26, 2026. Ellendale (pop.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.

Ellendale (pop. ~1,000) has welcomed the campus as a transformative economic boost; the state's R-WISH rural-workforce housing program is funding new homes for incoming workers. No documented opposition or litigation. Coverage notes workforce and housing strain as growing pains.

Source: Northern Sentry

Power and water

Designed for near-zero water consumption; proprietary closed-loop direct-to-chip liquid cooling; projected PUE 1.18; campus engineered to scale to 1 GW

Proprietary waterless direct-to-chip liquid cooling; WUE near zero by design

Notes on the record

Campus is 400 MW fully contracted to CoreWeave under ~15-year lease agreements valued at ~$11B total revenue. Three buildings: Building 1 (100 MW) complete Dec 2025; Building 2 (150 MW) expected mid-2026; Building 3 (150 MW) expected 2027. Coordinates are Ellendale city centroid; exact site is northeast of the city. Local jobs are reported only as projections, 'as many as 85 new jobs' (Dec 2024) and up to ~110 total local workforce at full expansion, not confirmed headcounts. No confirmed total campus capital-expenditure figure is public (the ~$11B CoreWeave figure is 15-year lease revenue, not capex); North Dakota's data-center sales-tax exemption applies but individual award amounts are statutorily confidential. investmentUsd reflects Applied Digital's own infrastructure spend (~$1.3B committed + ~$4B anticipated); the company's '$20B total campus' figure additionally counts ~$15B of customer/tenant capital.

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