Annual property tax payments of approximately $24 million by 2029
Company: Applied Digital
The claim, verbatim
By 2029, Applied Digital will pay approximately $24 million per year in property taxes 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 - InForum (-, news_article)
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Quote: “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 18, 2026. The cited source supports part of this claim, but not all of it.
The figure, year and four facilities all match the source. But the column stresses that the number is the company's own estimate, while the claim presents it as a definite outcome.
Confirmed in the source:
- Applied Digital estimates that by 2029 it will pay nearly $24 million per year in property taxes
- The estimate covers four North Dakota facilities in Ellendale, Harwood, Oliver County and Stutsman County
We could not confirm this from the cited source:
- That Applied Digital will in fact pay about $24 million per year in property taxes by 2029; the source calls this an estimate put together by Applied Digital itself
That does not mean it is false — only that this source does not establish it, as of the date above. If we find a source that settles it, we will re-check and update this page.
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.inforum.com/opinion/columns/port-data-center-company-applied-digital-expects-to-be-one-of-the-largest-taxpayers-in-north-dakota-history) in full (10,149 characters, retrieved September 4, 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 - InForum
Quote: “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”