Data Center Atlas
Applied Digital Polaris Forge 2 Campus
Under construction
United States · 2 projects · Last reported
Summary
Applied Digital Polaris Forge 2
Applied Digital AI data center campus near Harwood in Cass County, North Dakota, on more than 900 acres. Announced in August 2025 as a 3 billion US dollar, 280 MW project, it was later described as a 1 GW campus. An unnamed US investment-grade hyperscaler leased the first 200 MW of critical IT load in two buildings for about 15 years and holds a right of first refusal on 800 MW more. Construction is funded partly by 2.15 billion US dollars of senior secured notes issued in March 2026; the company expects initial operations by the end of 2026 and the full 200 MW in 2027.
Source record as of 2026-10-07 · Details and sources
Polaris Forge 2 Current Construction
Applied Digital's 7 October 2026 results release states that Polaris Forge 2 is in various stages of construction and that the company expects initial operations at Polaris Forge 2 in Harwood by the end of calendar 2026. The expected operations date is a forecast; no completion or operation is established. evidence
Applied Digital Corporation · published 2026-10-07
Location
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Projects (2)
Applied Digital Polaris Forge 2
Under construction last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Harwood, Cass County, North Dakota, US. Town centroid of Harwood from its Wikipedia coordinates (s6), which also places Harwood in Cass County; company sources say only that the campus is near Harwood and give no parcel. Applied Digital; Applied Digital via GlobeNewswire (FinancialContent); Applied Digital; Wikipedia
Use: Ai unspecified, Hpc
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment | 3,000,000,000 USD | Announced · Campus | 2025-08-18 | Figure given with the original 280 MW plan. | Applied Digital |
| Power capacity | 280 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2025-08-18 | Initial size at announcement; the release said the campus could scale beyond this. | Applied Digital |
| Power capacity | 200 MW | Contracted · Phase · It load · Initial two buildings | 2025-10-22 | Critical IT load leased to an unnamed hyperscaler for an estimated 15 years, about 5 billion US dollars of contracted revenue. | Applied Digital via GlobeNewswire (FinancialContent); Applied Digital |
| Power capacity | 1,000 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2025-10-22 | Described as a 1 GW campus; the tenant holds a right of first refusal on a further 800 MW of critical IT load representing the full expansion. | Applied Digital via GlobeNewswire (FinancialContent) |
| Land area | more than 900 acres | Reported · Campus | 2025-08-18 | Land the company says it has contracted. | Applied Digital; Applied Digital via GlobeNewswire (FinancialContent) |
| Buildings | 2 count | Planned · Phase · Initial two buildings | 2025-10-22 | Applied Digital; Applied Digital via GlobeNewswire (FinancialContent) | |
| Jobs permanent | more than 200 count | Planned · Campus | 2025-08-18 | Full-time employees expected at full operation, plus long-term contractors. | Applied Digital |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Digital | Developer | Applied Digital; Applied Digital via GlobeNewswire (FinancialContent) | |
| Cass County Electric Cooperative | Utility | Named as the power provider; in August 2025 the cooperative said it was finalizing an agreement. | Applied Digital; Valley News Live |
| Oracle | Tenant | Reported by Valley News Live in March 2026 without attribution; Applied Digital describes the tenant only as an unnamed US investment-grade hyperscaler, so this is not confirmed by the companies. | Valley News Live |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-18 | Announced | Actual | Applied Digital | |
| 2025-09 | Construction started | Planned | Groundbreaking target given at announcement; by October 2025 the company described the campus as under construction. | Applied Digital; Applied Digital via GlobeNewswire (FinancialContent) |
| 2025-10-22 | Other | Actual | Lease of 200 MW of critical IT load to an unnamed US investment-grade hyperscaler announced. | Applied Digital via GlobeNewswire (FinancialContent) |
| 2026-03-10 | Other | Actual | Closing of 2.15 billion US dollars of 6.75 percent senior secured notes due 2031 to fund the 200 MW build. | Valley News Live; Applied Digital |
| 2026 | First operational | Planned | In October 2026 the company said initial operations here would bring its delivered North Dakota capacity to 300 MW by the end of calendar 2026. | Applied Digital via GlobeNewswire (FinancialContent); U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Applied Digital filing) |
| 2027 | Fully operational | Planned | Target for reaching the full initial 200 MW. | Applied Digital via GlobeNewswire (FinancialContent) |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Grid | Power secured through Cass County Electric Cooperative, with Minnkota Power Cooperative also working toward a final agreement as of August 2025. | Applied Digital |
Related projects: applied digital polaris forge 1, applied digital polaris forge 3
Sources for these details
- Applied Digital to Break Ground on $3 Billion Polaris Forge 2 Campus in September 2025 — Applied Digital; 2025-08-18 · Archived source
- Applied Digital Announces $5 Billion AI Factory Lease with U.S. Based Investment Grade Hyperscaler at Polaris Forge 2 ND Campus — Applied Digital via GlobeNewswire (FinancialContent); 2025-10-22
- Applied Digital closes $2.15B deal to build out Harwood AI campus — Valley News Live; 2026-03-10 · 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
- Harwood, North Dakota — Wikipedia; publication date not stated
- Companies
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
Not reviewed against imagery not_
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No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 20 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Polaris Forge 2 Current Construction
Under construction last observed as of · Authoritative status update
Source and location review
- Status source
- Applied Digital Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2027 Results evidence row
Applied Digital Corporation · published 2026-10-07 · Company disclosure - Locator
- Campus locator · Official source · official_constituent_tax_parcel evidence
- Source checks
Not reviewed against imagery not_
reviewed_ for_ core_ preview
No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 20 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 46.96694, -96.86849
- Geometry licence
- public-domain-per-Cass-County-item-policy
- Use scope
- Campus locator
- Scope class
- official_constituent_tax_parcel
- Authority
- Official source
- Source entity
- Campus
- Method
- Cass_GISPIN75000000120020_native_EPSG3857_to_EPSG4326_server_independently_checked
- Derivation
- official_constituent_tax_parcel
- Precision scope
- Official corporate tax parcel at the exact NDDEQ data-center-associated generator address; one campus locator, not the complete PF2 campus boundary or the construction footprint of both buildings. WGS84 returned ring independently agrees with native Web Mercator conversion within 1.43e-14 degrees. No parcel survey accuracy is published.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
No source-specific numeric accuracy is supplied. Coordinate decimals and transformation agreement are not source positional accuracy.
- Geometry evidence
- 1e7d82eb 6946a0b0 a15f97b3 d07a6f63
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
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Digital Announces $5 Billion AI Factory Lease with U.S. Based Investment Grade Hyperscaler at Polaris Forge 2 ND Campus Archived copy | Applied Digital via GlobeNewswire (FinancialContent) Company disclosure | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Construction Started, Milestone: First Operational, Milestone: Fully Operational, Milestone: Other, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | Applied Digital via GlobeNewswire (FinancialContent) | 1efd0285feabd1d8ea442c76f3f5f3c97916ab21107bfa3912727111cafdfe39Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Applied Digital closes $2.15B deal to build out Harwood AI campus Archived copy | Valley News Live News | Imported: Record, Milestone: Other, Tenant claim, Role: Utility | source-terms-not-recorded | Valley News Live | dd05e8c83771a205e5b9609969b4af5832539137cd20037fa8ad2adc77f8d3edFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Applied Digital fiscal fourth-quarter 2026 operational update - Polaris Forge 2 Archived copy | Applied Digital Corporation Company disclosure | Geometry identity context, Site distinctness context, Physical status | no-open-redistribution-license-asserted | Applied Digital Corporation | 4595c173b9adad5bf1f4e071a8181301058cca4afb318f9e9b081122643b2db8Retained source material; see source provenance | ||
| Applied Digital Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2027 Results Archived copy | Applied Digital Corporation Company disclosure | Physical status | all-rights-reserved | Applied Digital Corporation | 800f8b057f347d0ebf3990e1e78e30d5d4969135f172932b7c7439a91bce393eRetained source material; see source provenance | ||
| 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: Record, Imported: Status, Milestone: First Operational | source-terms-not-recorded | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Applied Digital filing) | 637a3322bf4319ccf49f2cb613ff0047bbcbd768cf2b900b4d8ab7dd3297ed92Factual 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: Other | source-terms-not-recorded | Applied Digital | d60985ea9f3f3173cd51bfb25bd992fc7f899c7955da9a0f76f4cfb12d3be17dFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Applied Digital to Break Ground on $3 Billion Polaris Forge 2 Campus in September 2025 Archived copy | Applied Digital Company disclosure | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Announced, Milestone: Construction Started, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer, Role: Utility | source-terms-not-recorded | Applied Digital | aaa9641b76e94d7f23e7bfe59b3b2d49c344c9f1b195d7b2b0cda67820307503Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Cass County parcel layer schema Archived copy | Cass County North Dakota Government record | Site distinctness context, Geometry | not stated | public-domain-per-Cass-County-item-policy | Cass County North Dakota | e9302b63de5d2bf4b789538f8bf891e29f6427083cf1bf66ae90159656825dbbRetained source material; see source provenance | |
| Cass County tax parcel item and reuse policy Archived copy | Cass County North Dakota Government record | Site distinctness context, Geometry | not stated | public-domain-per-Cass-County-item-policy | Cass County North Dakota | bea40a044cc8dfdee365e9b35d5a4c80598abed542d4bd202fb274d02a10e876Retained source material; see source provenance | |
| Exact Cass County APLD FAR-01 parcel Archived copy | Cass County North Dakota Government record | Site distinctness context, Geometry | not stated | public-domain-per-Cass-County-item-policy | Cass County North Dakota | 14aa4e3e568e41c7457aa744301e11a0002f23d2ef4256ff6989d64eb330de4fRetained source material; see source provenance | |
| Exact Cass County APLD FAR-01 parcel native-coordinate cross-check Archived copy | Cass County North Dakota Government record | Site distinctness context, Geometry | not stated | public-domain-per-Cass-County-item-policy | Cass County North Dakota | cf87f41e67a768d3b120a4ae87b47f2a5a0a6e5fa7604e8d8519193a50ec851cRetained source material; see source provenance | |
| Harwood, North Dakota Archived copy | Wikipedia Other | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Wikipedia | 246d346ed598debe54050a2aebeba77a53ff9f4fa16b8d55d2556311f662c736Factual source record; not the publisher page | |
| NDDEQ Applied Digital FAR campus address and data-center association Archived copy | North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality Government record | Geometry identity context, Site distinctness context | no-open-redistribution-license-asserted | North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality | a971451d4d089ec762f248eda0b194c33a31f4b64747f005bc00a18f57c537deRetained source material; see source provenance |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Applied Digital Polaris Forge 2 Campus [site vcc-site-847f0ddc67e6e40ce38a]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-847f0ddc67e6e40ce38a/
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