Polaris Forge 1 – 250 MW operational of 400 MW contracted
Company: Applied Digital - Project: Polaris Forge 1
The claim, verbatim
Applied Digital brought another 75 MW of critical IT load online at Polaris Forge 1 in North Dakota, raising operational capacity there to 250 MW. The fully leased campus is contracted for 400 MW at full buildout.
Source (primary)
Applied Digital Secures Up To 1 GW Of Potential Power Capacity In Finland, Says Talks With Hyperscale Customers Underway - Yahoo Finance (-, news_article)
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Quote: “brought another 75 megawatts of critical information-technology load online at Polaris Forge 1 in North Dakota, lifting operational capacity there to 250 megawatts. The fully leased campus is contracted for 400 megawatts at full buildout.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 9, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article states each of these figures directly: the 75 MW addition, the resulting 250 MW operational capacity, and the 400 MW contracted total for the fully leased campus.
Confirmed in the source:
- Applied Digital brought another 75 MW of critical IT load online at Polaris Forge 1 in North Dakota
- Operational capacity at Polaris Forge 1 rose to 250 MW
- Polaris Forge 1 is fully leased
- Polaris Forge 1 is contracted for 400 MW at full buildout
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/applied-digital-secures-1-gw-121804563.html) in full (11,816 characters, retrieved October 7, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Applied Digital Secures Up To 1 GW Of Potential Power Capacity In Finland, Says Talks With Hyperscale Customers Underway - Yahoo Finance
Quote: “brought another 75 megawatts of critical information-technology load online at Polaris Forge 1 in North Dakota, lifting operational capacity there to 250 megawatts. The fully leased campus is contracted for 400 megawatts at full buildout.”