Polaris Forge 2 groundbreaking and construction timeline
Company: Applied Digital - Project: Polaris Forge 2
The claim, verbatim
Broke ground on Polaris Forge 2 data center campus near Harwood, North Dakota on August 18, 2025; anticipate reaching initial capacity in second half of 2026 and full capacity in early 2027
Source (primary)
Applied Digital 10-K filed 2026-07-29 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “On August 18, 2025, we broke ground on our Polaris Forge 2 data center campus near Harwood, North Dakota...We currently anticipate reaching initial capacity in the second half of calendar year 2026 and full capacity in early calendar year 2027.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 13, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The 10-K gives the August 18, 2025 groundbreaking near Harwood and the expected initial and full capacity timing.
Confirmed in the source:
- Applied Digital broke ground on the Polaris Forge 2 campus near Harwood, North Dakota on August 18, 2025
- The company anticipates reaching initial capacity in the second half of calendar year 2026
- The company anticipates reaching full capacity in early calendar year 2027
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144879/000114487926000048/apld-20260531.htm) in full (594,188 characters, retrieved August 30, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Applied Digital 10-K filed 2026-07-29
Quote: “On August 18, 2025, we broke ground on our Polaris Forge 2 data center campus near Harwood, North Dakota...We currently anticipate reaching initial capacity in the second half of calendar year 2026 and full capacity in early calendar year 2027.”