Polaris Forge 2 capacity buildout
Company: Applied Digital - Project: Polaris Forge 2
The claim, verbatim
Polaris Forge 2, a $3 billion 200 MW data center campus near Harwood, North Dakota, with initial capacity anticipated in calendar 2026 and full capacity online by early calendar 2027
Source (primary)
Earnings Release (IR page (ir.applieddigital.com), earnings_call)
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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 October 12, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The release states the Polaris Forge 2 cost, capacity, location and timeline exactly as claimed.
Confirmed in the source:
- Polaris Forge 2 is a $3 billion, 200 MW data center campus near Harwood, North Dakota
- Initial capacity at Polaris Forge 2 is anticipated in calendar 2026
- Full capacity at Polaris Forge 2 is expected online by early 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: “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.”