HPC Ellendale Datacenter Construction and Operational Timeline
Company: Applied Digital - Project: Polaris Forge 1
The claim, verbatim
Commenced construction of 100 MW HPC datacenter in Ellendale, North Dakota in 2023, plan to continue in 2024, expect to become operational in early calendar year 2025
Source (primary)
Applied Digital 424B5 filed 2024-06-17 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “In 2023, we commenced the construction of our first 100 MW HPC datacenter in Ellendale, North Dakota (the "HPC Ellendale Facility"). We plan to continue building this datacenter in 2024... We anticipate that this business segment will begin generating meaningful revenues once the HPC Ellendale Facility becomes operational, which is expected sometime in the early calendar year 2025.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 18, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The filing covers the 2023 construction start, the plan to continue building in 2024 and the expected early 2025 operational date for the Ellendale HPC facility.
Confirmed in the source:
- Applied Digital commenced construction of a 100 MW HPC datacenter in Ellendale, North Dakota in 2023
- The company planned to continue building the datacenter in 2024
- The facility was expected to become operational in early calendar year 2025
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144879/000114487924000167/a06142024ciminitialwarrant.htm) in full (130,571 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Applied Digital 424B5 filed 2024-06-17
Quote: “In 2023, we commenced the construction of our first 100 MW HPC datacenter in Ellendale, North Dakota (the "HPC Ellendale Facility"). We plan to continue building this datacenter in 2024... We anticipate that this business segment will begin generating meaningful revenues once the HPC Ellendale Facility becomes operational, which is expected sometime in the early calendar year 2025.”