Polaris Forge 2 initial operations; 300 MW ND by end-2026
Company: Applied Digital - Project: Polaris Forge 2
The claim, verbatim
The Company expects initial operations at Polaris Forge 2 in Harwood to raise delivered critical IT load across its North Dakota campuses to 300 MW by the end of calendar 2026.
Source (primary)
applied-digital 8-K exhibit (apldq127earningsrelease.htm) (SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex), press_release)
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Quote: “The Company expects initial operations at Polaris Forge 2 in Harwood to increase delivered critical IT load across our North Dakota campuses to 300 MW by the end of calendar 2026”
How we checked this
Checked on October 13, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The release states this expectation in the same terms; it is presented as a company forecast.
Confirmed in the source:
- Polaris Forge 2 is located in Harwood
- The Company expects initial operations at Polaris Forge 2 to increase delivered critical IT load across its North Dakota campuses to 300 MW
- The 300 MW target is expected by the end of calendar 2026
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex) (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144879/000114487926000057/apldq127earningsrelease.htm) in full (40,083 characters, retrieved October 8, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms applied-digital 8-K exhibit (apldq127earningsrelease.htm)
Quote: “The Company expects initial operations at Polaris Forge 2 in Harwood to increase delivered critical IT load across our North Dakota campuses to 300 MW by the end of calendar 2026”