Polaris Forge 2 initial ops; ND campuses to 300 MW by end 2026
Company: Applied Digital - Project: Polaris Forge 2
The claim, verbatim
Company expects initial operations at Polaris Forge 2 in Harwood to increase delivered critical IT load across its North Dakota campuses to 300 MW by the end of calendar 2026.
Source (primary)
Applied Digital Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2027 Results - Applied Digital Corporation (APLD) (-, news_article)
View cached copy (2026-10-08)Live source ↗Archive.org ↗
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.
Management commentary states this expectation for Polaris Forge 2 in Harwood and the 300 MW target by end of calendar 2026.
Confirmed in the source:
- Polaris Forge 2 is located in Harwood
- Applied Digital expects initial operations at Polaris Forge 2
- The company expects delivered critical IT load across its North Dakota campuses to reach 300 MW by the end of calendar 2026
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://ir.applieddigital.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/163/applied-digital-reports-fiscal-first-quarter-2027-results) in full (41,009 characters, retrieved October 8, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Applied Digital Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2027 Results - Applied Digital Corporation (APLD)
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”