Applied Digital Polaris Forge 3

Name: Applied Digital Polaris Forge 3
Address: US

Under construction

United States · 1 project · Last reported 2026-10-07

Summary

Applied Digital's fourth AI factory campus, in Center, Oliver County, North Dakota. In May 2026 the company announced a 15-year take-or-pay lease with an unnamed US high investment-grade hyperscaler for 300 MW of critical IT load, supported by about 430 MW of grid-connected utility power, worth about 7.5 billion US dollars over the base term. The May release withheld the state; the company's October 2026 earnings release names Center, North Dakota. The campus is under construction, with initial operations targeted for 2027.

Source record as of 2026-10-07 · Details and sources

Location

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Town or locality reference only; the facility position is not established.

Projects (1)

Applied Digital Polaris Forge 3

Under construction last observed as of 2026-10-07 · Reported status

Location: Center, Oliver County, North Dakota, US. Town centroid of Center from its Wikipedia coordinates (s4). The October 2026 earnings release (s3) names Center, Oliver County; no parcel or address has been found. Applied Digital; U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Applied Digital filing); Wikipedia

Use: Ai unspecified, Hpc

Capacity, investment and other figures

Measure	Value	Scope	As of	Notes	Sources
Power capacity	300 MW	Contracted · Campus · It load	2026-05-20	Critical IT load leased to an unnamed US high investment-grade hyperscaler for 15 years, about 7.5 billion US dollars of base-term contracted revenue.	Applied Digital; Applied Digital
Power capacity	about 430 MW	Planned · Campus · Grid connection	2026-05-20	Grid-connected utility power supporting the campus.	Applied Digital

Companies and organizations

Name	Role	Notes	Sources
Applied Digital	Developer		Applied Digital; U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Applied Digital filing)

Timeline

Date	Event	Actual or planned	Notes	Sources
2026-05-20	Announced	Actual	Lease announcement; the location was described only as a northern state.	Applied Digital
2027-08	First operational	Planned	May 2026 target; the July 2026 results release says initial operations are expected during calendar 2027.	Applied Digital; Applied Digital

Power supply

Type	Description	Sources
Grid	About 430 MW of grid-connected utility power; the utility is not named in the cited sources.	Applied Digital

Sources for these details

Applied Digital Reaches Significant Milestone, Surpassing 1 GW of Contracted Capacity with U.S. Based High Investment-Grade Hyperscaler Lease at Fourth Campus, Polaris Forge 3 — Applied Digital; 2026-05-20 · Archived source
Applied Digital Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2026 Results — Applied Digital; 2026-07-27
Applied Digital Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2027 Results (Form 8-K exhibit) — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Applied Digital filing); 2026-10-07
Center, North Dakota — Wikipedia; publication date not stated

Companies

Developer: Applied Digital (unknown scope) evidence
Developer: Applied Digital (unknown scope) evidence

Source and location review

Status source

Applied Digital Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2026 Results evidence row
Applied Digital · published 2026-07-27 · Company disclosure

Locator

Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality evidence

Source checks

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No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verification

Status age at review: 20 days before the data update on 2026-10-27

Location details

Coordinates: 47.11500, -101.29780
Geometry licence: source-terms-not-recorded
Use scope: Locality reference only
Scope class: locality
Authority: Compiled location reference
Source entity: Project
Method: imported_reference_point
Derivation: imported_reference_point
Precision scope: Town centroid of Center from its Wikipedia coordinates (s4). The October 2026 earnings release (s3) names Center, Oliver County; no parcel or address has been found.
Horizontal uncertainty: Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
Geometry evidence: bf899518

A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.

Evidence

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Evidence for Applied Digital Polaris Forge 3
Title	Publisher	Roles	Published	Retrieved	Licence	Attribution	Content hash (SHA-256)
Applied Digital Reaches Significant Milestone, Surpassing 1 GW of Contracted Capacity with U.S. Based High Investment-Grade Hyperscaler Lease at Fourth Campus, Polaris Forge 3 Archived copy	Applied Digital Company disclosure	Imported: Record, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Announced, Milestone: First Operational, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer	2026-05-20	2026-10-09	source-terms-not-recorded	Applied Digital	`9877d156ca494f6fae7059125afa0c1b734b897032777efc189f76b0e000907b` Factual source record; not the publisher page
Applied Digital Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2027 Results (Form 8-K exhibit) Archived copy	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Applied Digital filing) Regulatory filing	Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Role: Developer	2026-10-07	2026-10-09	source-terms-not-recorded	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Applied Digital filing)	`296151fba2a5f1cdbb397414c19e5ad22e64bd1b0267932bea5fcec7b00d19df` Factual source record; not the publisher page
Applied Digital Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2026 Results Archived copy	Applied Digital Company disclosure	Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: First Operational	2026-07-27	2026-10-09	source-terms-not-recorded	Applied Digital	`06427d554c78aab1bd09ed8bdf6c677a541d5b427a63d2058252b7e65f1e6a67` Factual source record; not the publisher page
Center, North Dakota Archived copy	Wikipedia Other	Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record	not stated	2026-10-09	source-terms-not-recorded	Wikipedia	`468ebe615643bd1f40b9ca035548576dbc936b0c3e7de5ced281e9f4081610e4` Factual source record; not the publisher page

Cite this site

Kyars, K. (2026). Applied Digital Polaris Forge 3 [site vcc-site-5af95dd1d26b0546ea7f]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-5af95dd1d26b0546ea7f/

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