# Applied Digital Polaris Forge 2 > Under construction: a 280 MW data center in Cass County, North Dakota, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (2 sources). Sources and dates on every fact. Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/applied-digital-polaris-forge-2-nd-dc_0d41c3247349 Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/applied-digital-polaris-forge-2-nd-dc_0d41c3247349.md Updated: Nov 3, 2026 Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records Applied Digital is building a 280 MW data center in Cass County, North Dakota (under construction). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Nov 2, 2026) ## Facts - **Operator:** Applied Digital (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Tenants:** Oracle (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Stage:** Under construction (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Reported capacity:** 280 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 10, 2026) - **Capacity as the sources range:** 280 to 300 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Reported IT load:** 200 MW (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Reported building area:** 1,814,000 sq ft (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Site area:** 900 acres (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Reported investment:** $3.00B (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Reported jobs:** 200 (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Announced:** Aug 18, 2025 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Construction start reported:** 2025-09 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 10, 2026) - **Expected completion:** 2027 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **City:** Harwood (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **County:** Cass (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **State:** North Dakota (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Location precision:** Site footprint confirmed (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Community response:** Local opposition reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Utility:** Cass County Electric Cooperative / Minnkota Power Cooperative (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Power source:** Grid power (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **AI workload:** Confirmed AI or machine-learning workload (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 10, 2026) - **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Incentives reported:** Sales Tax Exemption (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) ## What each source reports | Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Compute Atlas | Applied Digital Polaris Forge 2 | Under construction | 280 MW | | Server Country | Applied Digital Polaris Forge 2 | Under construction | 300 MW | ## Questions this page answers ### Is Applied Digital Polaris Forge 2 under construction? No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Sep 10, 2026) and Server Country (Sep 24, 2026) report it as under construction. ### Who is building Applied Digital Polaris Forge 2? Applied Digital is the operator; the tenants reported are Oracle. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does. ### When is Applied Digital Polaris Forge 2 expected to finish? Server Country reports expected completion in 2027. That is a reported target, not a schedule. ### Which carriers serve Applied Digital Polaris Forge 2? No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does. ### How do contractors on Applied Digital Polaris Forge 2 get paid sooner? The owner pays the general contractor, and the general contractor pays its subcontractors. Once your customer approves your invoice, certify it with Kapwork. Funders compete to fund it, so you don't wait for the payment date. Free for businesses. Kapwork doesn't lend and doesn't contact your customer. ## Latest updates - [Expected completion reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2027. - [Construction start reported](https://ir.applieddigital.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/127/applied-digital-to-break-ground-on-3-billion-polaris-forge). Reported for 2025-09. - **Aug 18, 2025:** [Reported as announced](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) - [Reported as announced](https://ir.applieddigital.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/127/applied-digital-to-break-ground-on-3-billion-polaris-forge). Reported for 2025-08. ## Related records - [Applied Digital Adair County Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/applied-digital-adair-county-data-center-ia-dc_f3bc26bcdb69): Same operator - [Applied Digital Delta Forge 1 AI Factory Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/applied-digital-delta-forge-1-ai-factory-campus-la-dc_760d878d8378): Same operator - [Applied Digital Oliver County AI Factory](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/applied-digital-oliver-county-ai-factory-nd-dc_6c41b3c86462): Same operator - [Applied Digital Polaris Forge 1](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/applied-digital-polaris-forge-1-nd-dc_3dc3b77c5d0f): Same operator - [Applied Digital Polaris Forge 3](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/applied-digital-polaris-forge-3-nd-dc_f1336bf9e5a7): Same operator - [Aurum Bismarck Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aurum-bismarck-campus-nd-dc_2fabdfb3da77): Same state - [Bitzero Nekoma Pyramid Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/bitzero-nekoma-pyramid-data-center-nd-dc_ac07922cef60): Same state - [Enerfore Digital Pleasant Valley Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/enerfore-digital-pleasant-valley-data-center-nd-dc_c038ef1fad04): Same state - [Nakota AI Data Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/nakota-ai-data-campus-nd-dc_35805cbf71b4): Same state - [Project Fighting Pike](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/project-fighting-pike-nd-dc_bd958442bd5d): Same state ## What this record does not show - This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record. - Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution. - An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. - Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity. ## Sources - [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](https://ir.applieddigital.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/127/applied-digital-to-break-ground-on-3-billion-polaris-forge) · as of Sep 10, 2026 · record applied-digital-polaris-forge-2-harwood-nd - [Applied Digital Corporation (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://ir.applieddigital.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/127/applied-digital-to-break-ground-on-3-billion-polaris-forge) · as of Jul 6, 2026 - [Minnkota Power Cooperative (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.minnkota.com/minnkota-website/our-press/data-center-faqs) · as of Jul 6, 2026 - [InForum (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/data-center-developer-looks-west-backs-power-upgrades-near-fargo) · as of Sep 10, 2026 - [Valley News Live (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.valleynewslive.com/2026/04/30/power-project-ai-data-center-gets-north-dakota-agency-approval/) · as of Sep 10, 2026 - [Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 0381 - [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/applied-digital-polaris-forge-2-nd) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 14576097981257 ## Have an invoice your customer approved? 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