Data Center Registry

Project Fighting Pike (Critical Data House, Northstar Center)

Williston, Williams County, North Dakota

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated October 26, 2026

Project Fighting Pike (Critical Data House, Northstar Center) is a proposed data center in Williston, North Dakota (Williams County), operated by Critical Data House, LLC. The public record puts it at announced November 2024, 455 MW planned, a reported $10 billion investment.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: Critical Data House, LLC
Facility type: Data center
Location: Williston, Williams County, ND
Coordinates: 48.1470, -103.6180 (approximate)
Power capacity: 455 MW planned
Land: Not established from a public source
Investment: $10 billion
Announced: November 2024
Utility: Not established from a public source
Cooling: Not established from a public source
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: Not established from a public source
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: No reception on record
Source confidence: Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

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.

March 17, 2025
Proposed
Williston City Commission approved the data center master plan Source: Williston Herald

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 26, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Project Fighting Pike (Critical Data House, Northstar Center) in Williston, Williams County, North Dakota appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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Notes on the record

Multi-building campus planned on the former Northstar Center Subdivision north of Williston, along US Highways 2/85 a few miles west of Love's. It is focused on cloud computing rather than crypto mining. The plan has three phases: phase one targeted by end of 2026 and full build-out by 2031 (KFYR, March 2025). The Williston Herald (May 2026) reports a planned $10B investment, which the developer splits into construction and IT hardware. The city notes that approved documents do not guarantee the facility will be built. No construction start is confirmed. Coordinates are the Williston town point (approximate). This is a separate project from the existing Atlas Power site west of Williston.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

Cooling method and water use
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised
Land area
How the community has received it
Which utility serves it

Which document closes each gap

Cooling method and water use: The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy: The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised: The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Land area: The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
How the community has received it: Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it: The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Atlas Power Data Center (Williston) · Williston · Atlas Powerunder 1 mile · Operating · 700 MW · In litigation
Nakota AI Data Campus · Tachyon9 Corp. / Nixxy Inc.15 mi · Proposed · 1 GW
NYDIG DFM Holly Powers Site · Bainville vicinity (unincorporated) · NYDIG DFM, LLC23 mi · Permitted
NYDIG DFM Kraken Central Site · Sidney vicinity (unincorporated) · NYDIG DFM24 mi · Permitted
NYDIG DFM Altuve Pad · Fairview vicinity (unincorporated) · NYDIG DFM, LLC24 mi · Operating
NYDIG DFM Kai Pad · Bainville vicinity (unincorporated) · NYDIG DFM, LLC25 mi · Permitted
NYDIG DFM Meldahl Facility · Snowden vicinity (unincorporated) · NYDIG DFM, LLC26 mi · Operating
NYDIG DFM Judith Warren Site · NYDIG DFM, LLC26 mi · Permitted

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Project Fighting Pike (Critical Data House, Northstar Center) data center in Williston?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Project Fighting Pike (Critical Data House, Northstar Center) data center?

No lawsuit over Project Fighting Pike (Critical Data House, Northstar Center) appears in the record we track as of October 26, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Project Fighting Pike (Critical Data House, Northstar Center) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Project Fighting Pike (Critical Data House, Northstar Center) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Project Fighting Pike (Critical Data House, Northstar Center), and how big is it?

Critical Data House, LLC is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 455 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Project Fighting Pike (Critical Data House, Northstar Center)," updated October 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/critical-data-house-fighting-pike-williston-nd.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/critical-data-house-fighting-pike-williston-nd, retrieved October 29, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

1.Developer showing early interest in building data center north of Williston · KFYR-TV · retrieved October 26, 2026
2.Williston commissioners approve plans for a data center north of town · KFYR-TV · retrieved October 26, 2026
3.Williston protesters demand more transparency, regulation surrounding data centers · Williston Herald · retrieved October 26, 2026
4.Where North Dakota's data centers stand: 26 facilities tracked statewide · Valley News Live · retrieved October 26, 2026

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