Ellendale HPC facility construction begun
Company: Applied Digital - Project: Polaris Forge 1
The claim, verbatim
Construction began on 100 MW high-performance computing facility in Ellendale, North Dakota.
Source (primary)
Earnings Release (IR page (ir.applieddigital.com), earnings_call)
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Quote: “Began construction of 100 megawatt ("MW") high-performance computing facility ("HPC") in Ellendale, North Dakota”
How we checked this
Checked on October 10, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The release states the company broke ground on its first 100 MW HPC facility in Ellendale, North Dakota during the quarter.
Confirmed in the source:
- Applied Digital began construction of a 100 MW high-performance computing facility
- The facility is in Ellendale, North Dakota
What we did: Read our cached copy of IR page (ir.applieddigital.com) (https://ir.applieddigital.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/81/applied-digital-reports-fiscal-second-quarter-2024-results/) in full (25,951 characters, retrieved September 1, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Earnings Release
Quote: “Began construction of 100 megawatt ("MW") high-performance computing facility ("HPC") in Ellendale, North Dakota”
confirms Earnings Release
Quote: “Began construction of 100 megawatt ("MW") high-performance computing facility ("HPC") in Ellendale, North Dakota”
confirms Earnings Release
Quote: “the Company broke ground on its first 100 MW high-performance compute facility in Ellendale, North Dakota. The new 342,000-square-foot building will provide ultra-low cost and highly efficient liquid-cooled infrastructure for HPC applications”
confirms Earnings Release
Quote: “the Company broke ground on its first 100 MW high-performance compute facility in Ellendale, North Dakota. The new 342,000-square-foot building will provide ultra-low cost and highly efficient liquid-cooled infrastructure”
confirms Earnings Release
Quote: “the Company broke ground on its first 100 MW high-performance compute facility in Ellendale, North Dakota. The new 342,000-square-foot building will provide ultra-low cost and highly efficient liquid-cooled infrastructure”