operational locality centroid
Applied Digital Ellendale ELN-01
Ellendale city · ND
Documented capacity: 180 MW
5 linked evidence rows · locality centroid; exact site unresolved
Open project evidence record →North Dakota / ND
North Dakota data center and compute infrastructure research
This state has reviewed research coverage from the national 50-state Atlas. Exact project locations are published only after source evidence establishes coordinates; state-level, regulatory, utility and prospective evidence remains visible without inventing map precision.
3reviewed research rows
1confirmed rows
2accepted prospective rows
Animated state view
North Dakota
State research coverage
North Dakota is part of the 50-state research coverage.
The current reviewed research set contains 3 accepted evidence records for North Dakota, including 1 confirmed and 2 accepted prospective rows, with a research cutoff of 2026-08-20. These are evidence records, not a count of unique facilities.
Prospective records remain labeled as proposals, applications, forecasts, targets, queue entries or other non-operational states. The Atlas does not convert state-level or locality evidence into a precise project point unless a controlling source supports that location.
Evidence-backed project locations
North Dakota project points
Source-exact records use supported coordinates. Dashed rings mark Census address-range geocodes, not rooftop or surveyed coordinates. Qualified research candidates are shown separately at Census locality or county centroids when that is the strongest source-backed geography; those markers do not claim a precise site coordinate.
1 mapped location
Applied Digital Polaris Forge 2HarwoodResearch candidate · locality centroid · exact site coordinate not claimed · under constructionApplied Digital Polaris Forge 2 AI Factory campus under construction near Harwood with two buildings progressing through foundations, precast and interior trades.verified first partyOpen source →
Documented project / site inventory
18 project, facility, campus or documented site records are tracked for ND.
This project layer combines available project-profile, permit/intent and civic-impact evidence. Records retain unresolved location precision and limitations rather than inventing coordinates.
unknown locality centroid
Applied Digital Ellendale HPC
Ellendale · ND
Documented capacity: 400 MW
20 linked evidence rows · locality centroid; exact site unresolved
operational locality centroid
Applied Digital Jamestown Hosting
Jamestown city · ND
Documented capacity: 106 MW
5 linked evidence rows · locality centroid; exact site unresolved
Open project evidence record →proposed or review state or regional
Applied Digital Oliver County AI Factory
ND
Documented capacity: 430 MW
5 linked evidence rows · coordinate not inferred
Open project evidence record →unknown state or regional
Applied Digital Polaris Forge 1
ND
Documented capacity: 400 MW
5 linked evidence rows · coordinate not inferred
Open project evidence record →under construction state or regional
Applied Digital Polaris Forge 2
ND
Documented capacity: 300 MW
5 linked evidence rows · coordinate not inferred
Open project evidence record →operational locality centroid
Atlas Power Data Center
Center city · ND
Documented capacity: 700 MW
5 linked evidence rows · locality centroid; exact site unresolved
Open project evidence record →proposed or review locality centroid
Bitzero Nekoma Pyramid Data Center
Center city · ND
Documented capacity: 300 MW
5 linked evidence rows · locality centroid; exact site unresolved
Open project evidence record →operational state or regional
Cathedra Bitcoin North Dakota Facility
ND
Documented capacity: 60 MW
5 linked evidence rows · coordinate not inferred
Open project evidence record →operational locality centroid
Core Scientific Grand Forks
Grand Forks city · ND
Documented capacity: 100 MW
5 linked evidence rows · locality centroid; exact site unresolved
Open project evidence record →proposed or review locality centroid
Enerfore Digital Pleasant Valley Data Center
Center city · ND
Documented capacity: 30 MW
5 linked evidence rows · locality centroid; exact site unresolved
Open project evidence record →proposed or review state or regional
Nakota AI Data Campus
ND
Documented capacity: 1000 MW
5 linked evidence rows · coordinate not inferred
Open project evidence record →proposed or review state or regional
Project Fighting Pike
ND
Documented capacity: 455 MW
5 linked evidence rows · coordinate not inferred
Open project evidence record →proposed or review state or regional
Project Trinity
ND
Documented capacity: 100 MW
5 linked evidence rows · coordinate not inferred
Open project evidence record →operational locality centroid
Rainbow Energy Bismarck Data Center
Bismarck city · ND
Documented capacity: 5 MW
5 linked evidence rows · locality centroid; exact site unresolved
Open project evidence record →proposed or review locality centroid
Rainbow Energy Coal Creek Data Center Park
Center city · ND
Documented capacity: 415 MW
5 linked evidence rows · locality centroid; exact site unresolved
Open project evidence record →proposed or review locality centroid
River Run Energy Center Data Center Campus
Center city · ND
Documented capacity: 1400 MW
5 linked evidence rows · locality centroid; exact site unresolved
Open project evidence record →unknown locality centroid
SMBC Ellendale ND
Ellendale · ND
Operator / developer: SMBC
044 linked evidence rows · locality centroid; exact site unresolved
Public records and supporting context
Development context
These dated decisions, filings, research collections and supporting-infrastructure records provide context. They are not additional data-center facilities.
Public agency starting point
City of Fargo Planning and Development
Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota
Contact about: Could you identify current public planning case files, adopted plans and infrastructure-related staff reports?
Source status: historical org page evidence. Verify the linked public source before relying on an assignment because staff and routing can change.
ND data-center research sources
This record is a regional research collection or market overview. It is not an individual data-center facility.
Read reference context →State contact routing
Where to start in North Dakota
Current source-backed route
Burleigh County Building, Planning and Zoning
Contact about: County planning, zoning, jurisdiction maps and site-plan staff reports.
This route was retained from current or recently revalidated public-source evidence.
Who to contact
Public contacts for data center and compute issues in North Dakota
1 source-backed contact records are available for planning, zoning, permitting, public comments, economic development, project questions and related infrastructure issues. Verify the linked source before relying on a contact because assignments can change.
PUBLIC CONTACT
Dr. Mafany Mongoh
Ag/Science Instructor; listed as a Research Center contact and identified as principal investigator of the PERC award · Sitting Bull College
Relevant to: Tribal college or Tribal higher-education network · Fort Yates / Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota and northern South Dakota; college also lists a South Dakota site
Compare how PERC identifies community research questions, documents Indigenous ecological knowledge, and shares environmental data with community partners. A focused exchange could explore reusable civic-education practices for explaining data-center and…
Contact details: Dr. Mafany Mongoh; Ag/Science Instructor; listed as a Research Center contact and identified as principal investigator of the PERC award; Sitting Bull College; mafany.mongoh@sittingbull.edu
Limitation: Do not claim SBC has broadband or data-center expertise, that PERC studies digital infrastructure, that any project outcomes are guaranteed, that the college endorses the Compute…