Direct-to-chip cooling system PUE specification
Company: Applied Digital
The claim, verbatim
Polaris Forge facilities feature closed-loop, waterless, direct-to-chip cooling systems achieving a projected Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.18 with near-zero water consumption
Source (primary)
Applied Digital DEF 14A filed 2025-09-22 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “closed-loop, waterless, direct-to-chip cooling systems, achieving a projected Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.18 with near-zero water consumption”
How we checked this
Checked on September 16, 2026. The cited source supports part of this claim, but not all of it.
The document attributes the cooling design and 1.18 projected PUE to the company's designs generally, not specifically to the Polaris Forge campuses.
Confirmed in the source:
- Applied Digital's data center designs feature closed-loop, waterless, direct-to-chip cooling systems
- Those designs carry a projected Power Usage Effectiveness of 1.18 with near-zero water consumption
We could not confirm this from the cited source:
- That these cooling systems and the 1.18 projected PUE apply specifically to the Polaris Forge facilities
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 SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144879/000149315225014495/formdef14a.htm) in full (214,994 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Applied Digital DEF 14A filed 2025-09-22
Quote: “closed-loop, waterless, direct-to-chip cooling systems, achieving a projected Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.18 with near-zero water consumption”