Polaris Forge 2 construction and capacity timeline
Company: Applied Digital - Project: Polaris Forge 2
The claim, verbatim
Applied Digital broke ground on Polaris Forge 2, a $3 billion 200 MW data center campus near Harwood, North Dakota on August 18, 2025, with initial capacity anticipated in calendar 2026 and full capacity online by early 2027.
Source (primary)
applied-digital 8-K exhibit (apldq326earningsrelease.htm) (SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex), press_release)
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Quote: “On August 18, 2025, we broke ground on Polaris Forge 2, a $3 billion, 200 MW data center campus near Harwood, North Dakota. Initial capacity is anticipated in calendar 2026, with full capacity online by early calendar 2027.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 20, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
All details of the Polaris Forge 2 timeline and description appear in the source.
Confirmed in the source:
- Applied Digital broke ground on Polaris Forge 2 on August 18, 2025
- Polaris Forge 2 is a $3 billion, 200 MW data center campus near Harwood, North Dakota
- Initial capacity is anticipated in calendar 2026
- Full capacity is expected online by early calendar 2027
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex) (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144879/000114487926000029/apldq326earningsrelease.htm) in full (46,258 characters, retrieved September 10, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms applied-digital 8-K exhibit (apldq326earningsrelease.htm)
Quote: “On August 18, 2025, we broke ground on Polaris Forge 2, a $3 billion, 200 MW data center campus near Harwood, North Dakota. Initial capacity is anticipated in calendar 2026, with full capacity online by early calendar 2027.”