Applied Digital Polaris Forge 2 (Harwood)
AI data center in Harwood, North Dakota, operated by Undisclosed hyperscaler.
Applied Digital's second North Dakota AI campus near Harwood, with a 15-year, ~$5B lease for 200 MW to an unnamed US investment-grade hyperscaler. The tenant holds a right of first refusal on 800 MW more.
- Live power
- —
- Planned power
- 300MW 1
- Status
- Under construction
- Accelerators
- —
Power: what each source says
200 MW leased; campus initially two buildings totaling 300 MW, scalable to ~1 GW. Initial operations planned 2026, full capacity 2027 (Applied Digital). $2.15B financing closed 2026-03.
Figures labelled Epoch AI are estimates from satellite imagery, permits and filings. Company figures come from the operator, owner or its filings. IT power is what the servers draw; in Epoch AI’s figures for these campuses it runs about 15–35% below total facility power.
Tenants
Part reported Undisclosed US hyperscaler (one local report names Oracle; not confirmed)
“Reported” means a press outlet or Epoch AI named the tenant and neither the operator nor the tenant has confirmed it. The outlet is named in brackets and listed under sources.
Campus facts
- Operator
- Undisclosed hyperscaler 1
- Owner / developer
- Applied Digital 1
- City
- Harwood 1
- State / region
- North Dakota 1
- Country
- United States 1
- First power
- 2026 1
- Chips
- Not published
- GPUs / accelerators
- Not published
- Cooling
- Not published
- Power source
- grid 1
- Coordinates
- 46.98° N, 96.88° W (town level)
- Verified
Sources
- DCD: Applied Digital secures $5bn 15-year lease with hyperscaler accessed 2026-11-09
- Valley News Live: Applied Digital closes $2.15B deal for Harwood campus (2026-03-10) accessed 2026-11-09