Polaris Forge 2
Under constructionNorth Dakota · Cass · last verified Sep 17, 2026
- Developer
- Applied Digital Corporation
- Tenant
- Undisclosed US investment-grade hyperscaler (200 MW lease, ROFR on 800 MW); reported as Oracle
- Location
- Harwood, Cass, North Dakota
- Announced capacity
- 1 GW
- Capacity confidence
- Stated in primary source
- Phase one
- 200 MW
- Site
- 900 acres
- Utility
- Cass County Electric Cooperative / Minnkota Power Cooperative
- Power source
- grid
- Reported investment
- $3B
- Announced
- Aug 18, 2025
- Target online
- Initial capacity 2026; full capacity early 2027
Notes
Release says 'more than 900 acres contracted' and campus 'designed to scale beyond' 280 MW; tenant later reported as Oracle. ~$5B, 15-year lease announced 2025-10-22; 1 GW is campus scalability.
Location
Approximate coordinates: 46.9800, -96.8800 · open in OpenStreetMap
Sources
- Oct 22, 2025 Applied Digital Announces $5 Billion AI Factory Lease at Polaris Forge 2 · Applied Digital
- Aug 18, 2025 Applied Digital to Break Ground on $3 Billion Polaris Forge 2 Campus in September 2025 · Applied Digital
- Aug 18, 2025 Company announces plan for $3 billion data center north of Fargo · North Dakota Monitor
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