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Applied Digital Polaris Forge 1

Ellendale, North Dakota, United StatesPartially operational
Evidence
Contracted
400 MW
Updated
Oct 28, 2026

Applied Digital's October 7, 2026 earnings release reports 250 MW of operational critical IT capacity at Polaris Forge 1 as of October 1, comprising its first 100 MW building and second 150 MW building. The third 150 MW building remained under construction; it is not included in the 250 MW operating figure. Applied Digital previously placed the first 50 MW phase of Polaris Forge 1 into service at Ellendale, North Dakota. That historical first phase is part of a fully leased 400 MW critical-IT deployment for CoreWeave, with additional campus construction continuing. Liquid-cooling and near-zero-water design for AI and high-performance computing workloads.

Capacity

Reported capacity

Actual

400 MW

Source

Capacity

Actual

400 MW

Source

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Operating campus and expansionPartially operational

Applied Digital Polaris Forge 1: Operating with expansion underway.

Milestones (2)
Applied Digital Polaris Forge 1: First 50 MW ready for service; remaining 400 MW deployment continuing.

Oct 27, 2025 · Event timing type not established

In progress · Construction started

Source not linked
Applied Digital Polaris Forge 1 — Operating with expansion underway

Date not disclosed · Event timing type not established

In progress · Status changed

Source not linked

Participants

Applied Digital

Developer

Sources by role
Developer (1)
CoreWeave

Tenant

Sources by role
Tenant (1)

Capital & incentives

Financing records

Commercial contract

$11bn

Jul 30, 2026

Long-term contracted revenue associated with the 400 MW CoreWeave deployment.

Parties & sources

Anthropic (Sponsor)

Sources (2)

Site & development

Location context

Actual

Polaris Forge 1 campus | Ellendale | North Dakota | United States

Source

Location

Actual

Ellendale, ND, US

Source

Development scale

Actual

50 MW ready for service; first building designed for 100 MW

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Additional project facts

Lifecycle status

Actual

Partially operational

Source

Capacity basis

Actual

Fully leased critical IT deployment; 50 MW delivered at cited milestone

Source

Project identity

Actual

Applied Digital Polaris Forge 1

Source

Lifecycle status

Actual

Operating with expansion underway

Source

Participant roles

Actual

Applied Digital, CoreWeave

Source

Capacity basis

Actual

400 MW contracted critical IT capacity

Source

Infrastructure

Actual

Liquid cooling and near zero water design for AI and high performance computing workloads.

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (2)
Electric grid

Partially operational

400 MW

400 MW contracted critical IT capacity

Site facility

Partially operational

Liquid-cooling and near-zero-water design for AI and high-performance computing workloads.

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.

Related projects (1)
Applied Digital Polaris Forge 2 AI Factory Campus

Under construction · Ellendale, North Dakota, United States

Same locality: Ellendale · Shared participant: Applied Digital

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