Center Registry · North Dakota

Polaris Forge 1

Applied Digital · Ellendale, Dickey County, North Dakota

Verified by Center RegistryChecked against 3 sources, including primary filings and releases
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400 MW
Critical IT planned
250 MW
Energized today
2025-11
First power
MISO
Grid region · location approximate
In brief

What makes it notable.

  1. A purpose-built, liquid-cooled AI campus in MISO with an on-site Montana-Dakota Utilities substation energized in 2024, ahead of first power in November 2025.
  2. Current critical capacity is 250 MW with 400 MW planned, and the site reached first power in November 2025, with full buildout targeted for 2027.
  3. Blackwell-class NVIDIA clusters are reported per owner materials, deployed in a facility that Applied Digital self-built as an AI factory with liquid cooling.
Deal anatomy

Six layers, and who holds each.

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Power
Montana-Dakota Utilities (MDU), MISO
Site and build
Applied Digital (self-build)
Compute
NVIDIA (tenant-supplied)
Cloud operator
CoreWeave
Anchor tenant
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Capital
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Timeline

From here to full build.

  1. 2025-11First power
  2. Nov 2026Today
  3. 2027Full buildout
The detail

Each party's role.

Power

Montana-Dakota Utilities (MDU), MISO. MISO transmission owner; on-site substation energized 2024

Site and build

Applied Digital (self-build). Purpose-built AI factory, liquid-cooled reported

Compute

NVIDIA (tenant-supplied). CoreWeave cluster; Blackwell-class per owner materials reported

Cloud operator

CoreWeave. Neocloud operator (anchor tenant)

Related sites

Nearby in the buildout.

Under constructionPolaris Forge 2Applied Digital · ND · 200 MW PlannedPolaris Forge 3Applied Digital · ND · 300 MW Under constructionDelta Forge 1Applied Digital · LA · 300 MW Under constructionCrusoe Warrenton CampusCrusoe · MO · 600 MW
Sources

The record behind this page.

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Who keeps this record.

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