Annual property tax payments by 2029
Company: Applied Digital
The claim, verbatim
Applied Digital estimates it will pay approximately $24 million annually in property taxes by 2029 across four North Dakota facilities
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: “His company estimates that by 2029, they will be paying nearly $24 million per year in property taxes at their four facilities in the state in Ellendale, Harwood, Oliver County and Stutsman County”
How we checked this
Checked on September 17, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The column reports that Applied Digital estimates it will pay nearly $24 million a year in property taxes by 2029 across its four North Dakota facilities, and notes this is the company's own estimate.
Confirmed in the source:
- Applied Digital estimates it will pay nearly $24 million per year in property taxes
- The estimate applies to 2029
- The estimate covers four facilities in North Dakota (Ellendale, Harwood, Oliver County and Stutsman County)
- The figure is the company's own estimate
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: “His company estimates that by 2029, they will be paying nearly $24 million per year in property taxes at their four facilities in the state in Ellendale, Harwood, Oliver County and Stutsman County”