Applied Digital
6805 County Rd 81 N · Harwood, Cass County, ND
Source: OpenStreetMap
Applied Digital is a mapped data center in Cass County, ND.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 12, 2026
Overview
source: linkdata center
The grid behind this site, right now
source: MISO · gridstatus- Natural Gas33.4%
- Coal28.2%
- Solar13.1%
- Imports11.0%
- Nuclear9.7%
- Other3.0%
- Wind1.6%
Real-time generation mix for the MISO grid this site draws from, as of Jul 15, 2026, 9:20 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: GDELT- Applied Digital taps $2.35B junk-bond market to build CoreWeave’s AI data center - Crypto BriefingCrypto Briefing· Jun 10, 2026
- Applied Digital Prices $1.59 Billion Notes Offering to Fund North Dakota AI Data Center - MoomooMoomoo· Jun 9, 2026
- Applied Digital raises $1.59B in new debt to expand its North Dakota AI data center campus - Crypto BriefingCrypto Briefing· Jun 9, 2026
- Applied Digital (APLD) Stock Continues To Rise As Company Gets Loan For North Dakota Data Center - Yahoo FinanceYahoo Finance· May 14, 2026
- Applied Digital exec touts North Dakota energy output in ongoing talks over data centers - KFYR-TVKFYR-TV· May 5, 2026
- Applied Digital secures 300MW lease with hyperscaler at Louisiana data center campus - Data Center DynamicsData Center Dynamics· Apr 23, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
North Dakota reported $19.4M in Qualified Data Center sales/use tax exemption for enterprise IT equipment & computer software (N.D.C.C. § 57-39.2-04.17) for FY2024 (North Dakota Legislative Council / Office of State Tax Commissioner (testimony)). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Fargo), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Harwood Elementary School in Harwood, is 0.3 mi from this site (123 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.