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

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

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    Power interconnection and energized shell availability remain primary bottlenecks in high-performance compute infrastructure deployment. Applied Digital's activation of 150 MW in North Dakota demonstrates execution in scaling large-scale power infrastructure. With 250 MW now active and an ultimate 400 MW planned capacity, the facility represents a meaningful addition to North American wholesale AI hosting capacity.

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    Market Ontology
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    2026-10-04
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    2026-10-20
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    1 · 2026-10-20

    Cite as: Market Ontology, “Applied Digital Brings 150 MW Online at North Dakota Polaris Forge Facility”, revision 1, evidence through 2026-10-04. https://marketontology.com/market-events/2026-10-04/applied-digital-brings-150-mw-online-at-north-dakota-polaris-forge-facility-8a5d6d

    EQUITY
    Applied Digital Brings 150 MW Online at North Dakota Polaris Forge Facility
    Power interconnection and energized shell availability remain primary bottlenecks in high-performance compute infrastructure deployment. Applied Digital's activation of 150 MW in North Dakota demonstrates execution in scaling large-scale power infrastructure. With 250 MW now active and an ultimate 400 MW planned capacity, the facility represents a meaningful addition to North American wholesale AI hosting capacity.
    APLD
    Impact
    66
    OCT 4
    SIG
    88%
    APLD
    Applied Digital Brings 150 MW Online at North Dakota Polaris Forge Facility
    Power interconnection and energized shell availability remain primary bottlenecks in high-performance compute infrastructure deployment. Applied Digital's activation of 150 MW in North Dakota demonstrates execution in scaling large-scale power infrastructure. With 250 MW now active and an ultimate 400 MW planned capacity, the facility represents a meaningful addition to North American wholesale AI hosting capacity.
    → Delivering 150 MW of energized critical IT capacity accelerates data center lease revenue realization for high-density compute hosting.
    Impact
    Power interconnection and energized shell availability remain primary bottlenecks in high-performance compute infrastructure deployment. Applied Digital's activation of 150 MW in North Dakota demonstrates execution in scaling large-scale power infrastructure. With 250 MW now active and an ultimate 400 MW planned capacity, the facility represents a meaningful addition to North American wholesale AI hosting capacity.
    Affected
    APLD
    Transmission
    Delivering 150 MW of energized critical IT capacity accelerates data center lease revenue realization for high-density compute hosting.

    How this development reaches the affected companies

    AssetExposure and channelDirectionEvidence
    APLDcontracted revenue ramp from 150 MW incremental operational IT loadUp1-5dPolaris Forge 1 Phase 2 achieved ready-for-service status, bringing operational capacity to 250 MW.

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