Polaris Forge 1 first 100MW facility online
Company: Applied Digital - Project: Polaris Forge 1
What the later record shows
Delivered on time
The January 2026 earnings release says Polaris Forge 1 achieved Ready-for-Service, delivering 100 MW on schedule. It gives no exact date.
“Achieved Ready‑for‑Service at Polaris Forge 1, delivering 100 MW on schedule and fully energizing the first building (ELN-02)”
2026-01-06 · applied-digital 8-K exhibit (apldq226earningsrelease.htm) View cached copy (2026-09-22)Live source ↗
“We recently commenced operations at our first HPC data center at our Polaris Forge 1 campus with 100MW of capacity.”
2026-04-07 · Applied Digital 10-Q filed 2026-04-08 View cached copy (2026-08-30)Live source ↗
Checked October 9, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
The first 100MW HPC facility at Polaris Forge 1 is scheduled to be operational in Q4 2025 and remains on track to be ready for service in the second half of 2025.
Source (primary)
applied-digital 8-K exhibit (apldq425earningsrelease.htm) (SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex), press_release)
View cached copy (2026-10-09)Live source ↗
Quote: “With the first 100 MW facility scheduled to be operational in Q4 2025”
How we checked this
Checked on October 13, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The release states both the Q4 2025 operational schedule and that the facility remains on track for service in the second half of 2025.
Confirmed in the source:
- The first HPC facility at Polaris Forge 1 is 100MW
- It is scheduled to be operational in Q4 2025
- It remains on track to be ready for service in the second half of 2025
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex) (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144879/000114487925000019/apldq425earningsrelease.htm) in full (40,651 characters, retrieved October 9, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms applied-digital 8-K exhibit (apldq425earningsrelease.htm)
Quote: “With the first 100 MW facility scheduled to be operational in Q4 2025”
confirms Applied Digital 10-Q filed 2026-04-08
Quote: “We recently commenced operations at our first HPC data center at our Polaris Forge 1 campus with 100MW of capacity.”
confirms applied-digital 8-K exhibit (apldq226earningsrelease.htm)
Quote: “Achieved Ready‑for‑Service at Polaris Forge 1, delivering 100 MW on schedule and fully energizing the first building (ELN-02)”