9 MW HPC facility in Jamestown, North Dakota
Company: Applied Digital - Project: Jamestown
The claim, verbatim
9 MW GPU-focused HPC facility in Jamestown (expanded from initial 5 MW plan) expected to be brought online in second half of 2023; systems passed initial testing in Q2 2023
Source (primary)
Applied Digital 10-K filed 2023-08-02 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “On December 14, 2022, we announced the beginning of construction of a 5 megawatt ("MW") facility next to the Company's currently operating 100-MW hosting facility in Jamestown, North Dakota. We subsequently determined to increase the capacity of this facility to 9 MW. This facility is expected to be brought online in the second half of calendar year 2023.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 21, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The 10-K states all elements: the 5 MW start, expansion to 9 MW, GPU purpose-build, expected 2H 2023 online, and Q2 2023 testing pass.
Confirmed in the source:
- Applied Digital announced beginning of construction of a 5 MW facility in Jamestown, ND on December 14, 2022
- Company subsequently increased the facility's capacity to 9 MW
- Facility is GPU-focused/purpose-built for GPUs
- Facility expected to be brought online in second half of calendar year 2023
- Systems in the facility passed initial testing in the second calendar quarter of 2023
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144879/000114487923000176/apld-20230531.htm) in full (291,995 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Applied Digital 10-K filed 2023-08-02
Quote: “On December 14, 2022, we announced the beginning of construction of a 5 megawatt ("MW") facility next to the Company's currently operating 100-MW hosting facility in Jamestown, North Dakota. We subsequently determined to increase the capacity of this facility to 9 MW. This facility is expected to be brought online in the second half of calendar year 2023.”