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    Applied Digital Brings 150MW Online at North Dakota Polaris Forge Facility

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    Applied Digital Brings 150MW Online at North Dakota Polaris Forge Facility

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    Applied Digital confirmed ready-for-service status on the second phase of Building 2 at its Polaris Forge 1 campus in North Dakota. The delivery brings 150 megawatts of critical IT load online, elevating active site capacity to 250 megawatts. Management plans to expand the Polaris Forge footprint to 400 megawatts as hyperscalers and AI developers secure large-scale high-density power capacity.

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    Market Ontology
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    2026-10-03
    Published
    2026-10-20
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    1 · 2026-10-20

    Cite as: Market Ontology, “Applied Digital Brings 150MW Online at North Dakota Polaris Forge Facility”, revision 1, evidence through 2026-10-03. https://marketontology.com/market-events/2026-10-03/applied-digital-brings-150mw-online-at-north-dakota-polaris-forge-facility-374610

    EQUITY
    Applied Digital Brings 150MW Online at North Dakota Polaris Forge Facility
    Applied Digital confirmed ready-for-service status on the second phase of Building 2 at its Polaris Forge 1 campus in North Dakota. The delivery brings 150 megawatts of critical IT load online, elevating active site capacity to 250 megawatts. Management plans to expand the Polaris Forge footprint to 400 megawatts as hyperscalers and AI developers secure large-scale high-density power capacity.
    APLD
    Impact
    71
    OCT 3
    SIG
    85%
    APLD
    Applied Digital Brings 150MW Online at North Dakota Polaris Forge Facility
    Applied Digital confirmed ready-for-service status on the second phase of Building 2 at its Polaris Forge 1 campus in North Dakota. The delivery brings 150 megawatts of critical IT load online, elevating active site capacity to 250 megawatts. Management plans to expand the Polaris Forge footprint to 400 megawatts as hyperscalers and AI developers secure large-scale high-density power capacity.
    → Execution on multi-hundred megawatt critical IT load additions accelerates high-performance computing colocation cash flow generation for APLD.
    Impact
    Applied Digital confirmed ready-for-service status on the second phase of Building 2 at its Polaris Forge 1 campus in North Dakota. The delivery brings 150 megawatts of critical IT load online, elevating active site capacity to 250 megawatts. Management plans to expand the Polaris Forge footprint to 400 megawatts as hyperscalers and AI developers secure large-scale high-density power capacity.
    Affected
    APLD
    Transmission
    Execution on multi-hundred megawatt critical IT load additions accelerates high-performance computing colocation cash flow generation for APLD.

    How this development reaches the affected companies

    AssetExposure and channelDirectionEvidence
    APLDHPC colocation revenue ramp via 150MW energized loadUp1-4wApplied Digital stock rose 5% following the ready-for-service announcement.

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