HPC Ellendale Facility Construction
Company: Applied Digital - Project: Polaris Forge 1
The claim, verbatim
Commenced construction in 2023 of first 100 MW HPC datacenter in Ellendale, North Dakota with plans to continue building in 2024
Source (primary)
Applied Digital 424B5 filed 2024-05-17 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
View cached copy (2026-08-31)Live source ↗
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”
How we checked this
Checked on September 18, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The filing states that construction of the first 100 MW HPC datacenter in Ellendale began in 2023 and that building would continue in 2024.
Confirmed in the source:
- Construction began in 2023
- It is the company's first 100 MW HPC datacenter
- The datacenter is in Ellendale, North Dakota
- The company plans to continue building it in 2024
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144879/000114487924000132/preferredcapitalprospectus.htm) in full (178,920 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Applied Digital 424B5 filed 2024-05-17
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”