North Dakota index · last changed 13 September 2026
North Dakota data centers: what the public record shows.
Selected source-linked records are published below. This is not a complete inventory of North Dakota data centers.
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Map, listings and checked facts.
Start with 3 licensed source leads, then inspect the separate public-evidence layer below. Licensed rows are not independently verified and are not a statewide census.
North Dakota map
Reported locations in North Dakota
3 licensed rows · 3 source localities · 3 map targets
Browse 3 mapped areas as links
Map sources and method
The state outline is adapted from the U.S. Census Bureau 2025 cartographic boundary file. Facility coordinates are adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.33.0, under CC BY 4.0. Outline and markers use one geographic projection before any explicitly disclosed readability offset. Exact singleton source anchors are never moved. A one-kilometre boundary tolerance prevents the simplified 1:20,000,000 outline from hiding legitimate border-area source points; farther conflicts are disclosed, not clamped. DataCenterData groups source-reported city coordinates only within a bounded map radius; the outline does not validate a facility record.
Browse all 3 rows below. Licensed rows are not independently verified and remain separate from the checked public-evidence layer.
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source-reported under constructionPlanned 400 MWOperational 100 MWSource updated 26 July 2026exact locationView facility →
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source-reported under constructionPlanned 280 MWSource updated 10 September 2026exact locationView facility →
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North Dakota evidence at a glance
A few checked sites
Selected public evidence, not a statewide census. Each row shows whether it is independently source-linked, attributed, or unresolved; licensed leads remain separate.
- Published project / campus
- 1
- Published facility / building
- 0
- Attributed or unresolved rows
- 0
- Licensed directory leads
- 3 not independently verified
- Capacity boundary stated
- 1 of 1 published DataCenterData rows
- Review timing
- Audit through 12 September 2026 · next 12 March 2027
No North Dakota Department of Commerce record was opened.
Browse all 3 North Dakota licensed leads → · Why these counts differ →
Campuses
1 campus record. Names are as they appear on each record page.
| Polaris Forge 2 | constructioncampus | 200 MWcritical it · phase scopeThe filing describes a data-center lease to deliver 200 MW of critical IT load to an unnamed hyperscaler, phased across the initial two buildings. This is contracted future critical IT load, not current or measured load, utility-service capacity or an entire future-campus total. | Applied Digital Form 10-Q for the quarter ended February 28, 2026 →Gov. record |
Where the records were checked
Statewide audit pending
A few checked sites
This is not a list of every data center in the state, and the number here is not a count of them. There are almost certainly more.
Statewide coverage is not complete. The records below are sourced; a full statewide count has not been published.
State research audit window ended 12 September 2026. Individual records and claims below show their own evidence dates and may be newer.
Next scheduled review: 12 March 2027.
1 independently source-linked project/campus record; 0 independently source-linked facility/building records; 0 attributed or unresolved rows. These counts use different units and must not be added together.
Source families checked, selected records and remaining gaps
These notes name selected records, say which kinds of public evidence were checked and show what remains missing. They do not add anything to the published counts.
- economic development incentives — Partly checked
- No North Dakota Department of Commerce record was opened.
- the current review did not include a broad discovery sweep for North Dakota, so this family was worked only by direct URL fetches.
Selected records
- North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner · North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner
- utility commission large load — Partly checked
- No PSC docket, order or siting case was read.
- No electric cooperative or municipal utility large-load record was located; Applied Digital's energy services agreement for Jamestown is known only from its SEC filing.
Selected records
- North Dakota Public Service Commission · North Dakota Public Service Commission
- North Dakota PSC case search application · North Dakota Public Service Commission
- environmental construction permits — Partly checked
- The NDDEQ permit portal itself was not yet reviewed directly and issued permits were not searched.
- Water appropriation permits from the State Water Commission, which matter for these campuses, were not searched at all.
Selected records
- NDDEQ Air Quality permits to construct in progress · North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality
- NDDEQ Air Quality public comment opportunities · North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality
- NDDEQ Division of Air Quality · North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality
- municipal planning assessor gis — Partly checked
- Cass County (Polaris Forge 2), Dickey County (Polaris Forge 1), Oliver County (Polaris Forge 3), Stutsman County (Jamestown), Cavalier County (Nekoma) and Williams County records were all unread.
- No county assessor or GIS parcel record was opened, so no research lead carries a parcel identifier.
Selected records
- Oliver County, North Dakota official website (attempted) · Oliver County, North Dakota
- tax abatement development agreements — Partly checked
- The Cavalier County Job Development Authority agreements were not retrieved.
- No North Dakota property tax exemption, payment-in-lieu or tax increment record was located for any research lead.
Selected records
- Burgum: Bitzero signs agreement to acquire Nekoma pyramid, develop it into highly secure data center · North Dakota Office of the Governor
- operator disclosures — Partly checked
- Applied Digital's corporate site links no per-site North Dakota facility page from its landing view.
- Atlas Power, Bitzero, Enerfore and Core Scientific disclosures were not yet reviewed directly.
- Only the most recent 10-Q of each filer was read; earlier filings, 8-Ks and exhibits were not.
Selected records
- Applied Digital Corporation Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended February 28, 2026 · U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)
- Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026 · U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)
- open datasets directories — Checked
- No directory listing was opened.
Selected records
- Compute Atlas state extract for North Dakota (9 records) · Compute Atlas
- historical closures withdrawals names — Partly checked
- Morton County new rules for future data centers, seen only as a headline link, were not yet reviewed directly.
- No archived page, rename or acquisition history was researched; Applied Digital's Jamestown and Ellendale hosting sites plainly predate the Polaris Forge branding but that history was not traced.
Selected records
- news and other discovery — Partly checked
- No other North Dakota news source was opened.
Selected records