Applied Digital Polaris Forge 3
Applied Digital has proposed a 430 MW data center in Oliver County, North Dakota (proposed). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 430 MW
- Reported jobs
- 200
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
- Other Applied Digital builds
Operator
Applied Digital
Timeline
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- Today
Proposed
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- 2 mo ago
Event date: · First observed: Not reported
- 4 mo ago
Announced
Reported updates without an event date
Reported for 2026-05.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 1
- Location
- Street address reported
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- Applied Digital
- Stage
- Proposed
- Facility type
- AI data center
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 430 MW
- Reported jobs
- 200
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2026-05
Site
- City
- Hanover
- County
- Oliver
- State
- North Dakota
- Location precision
- Street address reported
- Community response
- Local opposition reported
Power and cooling
- AI workload
- AI or machine-learning workload reported
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | Applied Digital Polaris Forge 3 | Proposed | 430 MW |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 10, 2026 · Record: applied-digital-polaris-forge-3-oliver-nd
- CAValley News Live (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 10, 2026
- CAKFYR (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 17, 2026
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 265203157165479
Limitations and interpretation
- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.
Cite or correct this record
Kapwork Grow, “Applied Digital Polaris Forge 3”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/applied-digital-polaris-forge-3-nd-dc_f1336bf9e5a7, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
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