Delta Forge 1 initial operations
Company: Applied Digital - Project: Delta Forge 1
The claim, verbatim
Delta Forge 1, a 300 MW critical IT load AI Factory campus, is designed to deliver 300 MW of critical IT load with initial operations expected to begin in mid-calendar 2027
Source (primary)
Earnings Release (IR page (ir.applieddigital.com), earnings_call)
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Quote: “Broke ground on Delta Forge 1, a 430 MW AI Factory campus spanning more than 500 acres in a strategic southern U.S. market. The project leverages the Company's proven AI Factory blueprint and is designed to deliver up to 300 MW of critical IT load for high-density AI workloads, with initial operations expected to begin in mid-calendar 2027.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 12, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The release calls Delta Forge 1 a 300 MW critical IT load campus designed to deliver up to 300 MW, with initial operations expected in mid-calendar 2027. Elsewhere it gives the campus's total size as 430 MW.
Confirmed in the source:
- Delta Forge 1 is described as a 300 MW critical IT load AI Factory campus
- Delta Forge 1 is designed to deliver up to 300 MW of critical IT load
- Initial operations at Delta Forge 1 are expected to begin in mid-calendar 2027
What we did: Read our cached copy of IR page (ir.applieddigital.com) (https://ir.applieddigital.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/148/applied-digital-reports-fiscal-third-quarter-2026-results/) in full (47,470 characters, retrieved September 25, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Earnings Release
Quote: “Broke ground on Delta Forge 1, a 430 MW AI Factory campus spanning more than 500 acres in a strategic southern U.S. market. The project leverages the Company's proven AI Factory blueprint and is designed to deliver up to 300 MW of critical IT load for high-density AI workloads, with initial operations expected to begin in mid-calendar 2027.”