Data center campus
Polaris Forge 2 (Harwood)
Polaris Forge 2 is an announced AI data center campus. 0.28 GW of capacity has been announced; none is energized yet. The gap is what this page tracks: what is claimed versus what is actually built, each figure dated and sourced.
Under construction · greenfield · MISO · Harwood, North Dakota, United States
Capacity: announced vs energized
Announced-to-energized gap: 0.28 GW. Every figure below is a single dated, sourced claim. Current best per series resolves by evidence tier, then date. See the methodology.
| Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced | 0.28 GW | 2025-08-18 | claimed | press release |
| Contracted | 0.20 GW | 2025-09-01 | claimed | press release |
| Under construction | 0.28 GW | 2026-05-31 | verified | sec filing |
The deal
- developer
- Applied Digital Corporation · NASDAQ: APLD
- offtaker
- Undisclosed U.S. investment-grade hyperscaler · 200 MW leased; ROFR on 800 MW
- utility
- Minnkota Power Cooperative (MISO)
- financier
- Macquarie Asset Management · Perpetual-preferred financing draws
Power
- Power source
- grid
- Grid operator
- MISO
- Interconnection
Harwood substation and high-voltage line (Minnkota Power), 0.28 GW grid interconnect, Under construction. ~$75M in upgrades funded by APLD, owned/operated by Minnkota Power Cooperative
Sources
- Applied Digital Corp. Form 10-K (FY ended May 31, 2026)
- Applied Digital Announces $5 Billion AI Factory Lease at Polaris Forge 2
- Data center developer looks west, backs power upgrades near Fargo
76e69d68-aa5f-4f30-bb67-e5e3acf391d4 · Tracked with DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed methodology. Announced numbers are claims, not built capacity.