Ellendale HPC data center groundbreaking
Company: Applied Digital - Project: Polaris Forge 1
The claim, verbatim
Broke ground on 100 MW HPC data center in Ellendale, ND on land adjacent to existing 180 MW facility
Source (primary)
Applied Digital 10-K filed 2024-08-30 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “The Company also broke ground on a 100 MW HPC data center in project in Ellendale, ND, on land located adjacent to its existing 180 MW Data center hosting facility”
How we checked this
Checked on September 18, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The 10-K states that the company broke ground on a 100 MW HPC data center in Ellendale, ND, on land next to its existing 180 MW hosting facility.
Confirmed in the source:
- Applied Digital broke ground on a 100 MW HPC data center project in Ellendale, ND
- The site is on land adjacent to the company's existing 180 MW data center hosting facility
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144879/000114487924000216/apld-20240531.htm) in full (481,620 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Applied Digital 10-K filed 2024-08-30
Quote: “The Company also broke ground on a 100 MW HPC data center in project in Ellendale, ND, on land located adjacent to its existing 180 MW Data center hosting facility”