Harwood campus: two buildings planned, power for 1.5
Company: Applied Digital - Project: Polaris Forge 2
The claim, verbatim
Two data center buildings are being built at Applied Digital's Harwood, ND development, but there is only enough power for one and a half of them, according to Harwood's mayor.
Source (primary)
Harwood mayor reveals millions in projected tax revenue for Fargo Public Schools from Applied Digital data center - Valley News Live (-, news_article)
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Quote: “We'll have two data centers that are being built. We only have power for one and a half,”
How we checked this
Checked on November 10, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article quotes Mayor Hankey saying two data centers are being built but there is only power for one and a half.
Confirmed in the source:
- Two data center buildings are being built at Applied Digital's development in Harwood, ND
- There is only enough power for one and a half of the buildings
- The statement is attributed to Harwood Mayor Blake Hankey
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.valleynewslive.com/2026/11/07/harwood-mayor-reveals-millions-projected-tax-revenue-fargo-public-schools-applied-digital-data-center/) in full (20,358 characters, retrieved November 8, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Harwood mayor reveals millions in projected tax revenue for Fargo Public Schools from Applied Digital data center - Valley News Live
Quote: “We'll have two data centers that are being built. We only have power for one and a half,”