Largest state taxpayer by 2029
Company: Applied Digital
The claim, verbatim
Applied Digital anticipates it will be the largest single taxpayer in North Dakota by 2029
Source (primary)
Port: Data center company Applied Digital expects to be one of the largest taxpayers in North Dakota history - McKenzie County Farmer (-, news_article)
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Quote: “We anticipate by '29, we will be the largest single taxpayer in the state of North Dakota”
How we checked this
Checked on September 17, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The column quotes Applied Digital spokesman Nick Phillips telling lawmakers the company anticipates being the largest single taxpayer in North Dakota by '29.
Confirmed in the source:
- Applied Digital, through spokesman Nick Phillips, told North Dakota lawmakers it anticipates becoming the largest single taxpayer in the state
- The anticipated timeframe is 2029 ('29)
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.watfordcitynd.com/opinion/columns/port-data-center-company-applied-digital-expects-to-be-one-of-the-largest-taxpayers-in-north-dakota-history) in full (9,740 characters, retrieved September 2, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Port: Data center company Applied Digital expects to be one of the largest taxpayers in North Dakota history - McKenzie County Farmer
Quote: “We anticipate by '29, we will be the largest single taxpayer in the state of North Dakota”