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150 MW data center construction at Polaris Forge 1

Company: Applied Digital - Project: Polaris Forge 1

Subject kind
facility capacity
Statement date
2026-06-08
Promised amount
150.0 MW
Current status
stated

The claim, verbatim

150 megawatts of critical IT load (ELN-04) will be constructed at Polaris Forge 1 in Ellendale, North Dakota

Source (primary)

Applied Digital 8-K filed 2026-06-09 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “fund the construction and associated expenses of 150 megawatts of critical IT load ("ELN-04") at Polaris Forge 1, Applied Digital's AI Factory campus at Ellendale, North Dakota”

How we checked this

Attempted on September 14, 2026. We could not read enough of the cited source to check this claim.

The verification run did not return a result for this claim (claude -p exit 1: b'').

What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144879/000149315226027857/form8-k.htm) in full (7,834 characters, retrieved August 30, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.

Additional evidence

confirms Applied Digital 8-K filed 2026-06-09

Quote: “fund the construction and associated expenses of 150 megawatts of critical IT load ("ELN-04") at Polaris Forge 1, Applied Digital's AI Factory campus at Ellendale, North Dakota”

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