Polaris Forge 1 capacity placed in service
Company: Applied Digital - Project: Polaris Forge 1
What the later record shows
Not a promise: a reported event · happened July 1, 2026
The claim reports Phase 1 of the second building being placed into service on July 1, 2026, an event that had already happened; company releases confirm the date.
“On July 1, 2026, Applied Digital placed Phase 1 of the second building at Polaris Forge 1 into service, adding 75 megawatts of operational capacity”
2026-08-22 · Applied Digital Continues Heavy Capital Spending: What's Ahead? - Eastern Progress View cached copy (2026-08-31)Live source ↗Archive.org ↗
“Delivered Phase 1 of Building 2 (75 MW) at Polaris Forge 1 Ready for Service on July 1, 2026, bringing total live capacity at the campus to 175 MW.”
2026-10-07 · EX-99.1 View cached copy (2026-10-08)Live source ↗Archive.org ↗
Checked October 9, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
On July 1, 2026, Applied Digital placed Phase 1 of the second building at Polaris Forge 1 into service, adding 75 megawatts of operational capacity.
Source (primary)
Applied Digital Continues Heavy Capital Spending: What's Ahead? - Eastern Progress (-, news_article)
View cached copy (2026-08-31)Live source ↗Archive.org ↗
Quote: “On July 1, 2026, Applied Digital placed Phase 1 of the second building at Polaris Forge 1 into service, adding 75 megawatts of operational capacity and taking the campus to 175 megawatts of live capacity.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 10, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article states that on July 1, 2026, Applied Digital placed Phase 1 of the second building at Polaris Forge 1 into service, adding 75 megawatts of operational capacity, which matches every part of the claim.
Confirmed in the source:
- Applied Digital placed Phase 1 of the second building at Polaris Forge 1 into service
- This occurred on July 1, 2026
- The placement added 75 megawatts of operational capacity
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.easternprogress.com/applied-digital-continues-heavy-capital-spending-whats-ahead/article_70aab17f-f5d4-5a86-99fa-378907193304.html) in full (9,732 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Applied Digital Continues Heavy Capital Spending: What's Ahead? - Eastern Progress
Quote: “On July 1, 2026, Applied Digital placed Phase 1 of the second building at Polaris Forge 1 into service, adding 75 megawatts of operational capacity and taking the campus to 175 megawatts of live capacity.”