Base Electron ~1,200 MW gas power PPA near Polaris Forge 3
Company: Applied Digital - Project: Base Electron North Dakota Gas Plant
The claim, verbatim
Applied Digital entered a long-term power purchase agreement with Base Electron for about 1,200 MW of natural-gas-fired, front-of-meter, grid-connected power near Polaris Forge 3 in central North Dakota.
Source (primary)
Applied Digital earnings: APLD beats expectations with $341.9M in revenue - Yahoo Finance (-, news_article)
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Quote: “they've entered into a long-term power purchasing agreement with base electron for approximately 1200 megawatts of natural gas fired power near Polaris Forge 3 in Central North Dakota”
How we checked this
Checked on October 17, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The transcript describes a long-term power purchase agreement with Base Electron for about 1,200 MW of natural gas power near Polaris Forge 3 in central North Dakota, and says the project is front of meter and grid connected.
Confirmed in the source:
- Applied Digital entered into a long-term power purchase agreement with Base Electron
- The Base Electron agreement covers approximately 1,200 MW
- The power is natural-gas-fired
- The power is located near Polaris Forge 3 in central North Dakota
- The Base Electron project is front-of-meter and grid connected
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://finance.yahoo.com/video/applied-digital-earnings-apld-beats-231634962.html) in full (16,823 characters, retrieved October 15, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Applied Digital earnings: APLD beats expectations with $341.9M in revenue - Yahoo Finance
Quote: “they've entered into a long-term power purchasing agreement with base electron for approximately 1200 megawatts of natural gas fired power near Polaris Forge 3 in Central North Dakota”