How much power does Applied Digital: Polaris Forge 2 use?

Applied Digital: Polaris Forge 2 has a reported power capacity of 280 MW.

Has Applied Digital: Polaris Forge 2 had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Applied Digital: Polaris Forge 2.

Where is Applied Digital: Polaris Forge 2 located?

Applied Digital: Polaris Forge 2 is in Harwood, Cass County, ND.

Under construction

Applied Digital: Polaris Forge 2

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in North Dakota?

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)). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

Harwood, Cass County, ND

Source: Primary source

Applied Digital: Polaris Forge 2 is a under construction data center in Cass County, ND. DataCentersExposed has documented 280 MW of reported power capacity at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026

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Power

280 MW

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

No public comment allowed at public meeting on this project. Fargo announced it planned to stop it's plan to annex the data center in Dec 2025 Announced investment: $3.0B. Imported from the FracTracker Alliance U.S. Data Centers Tracker after review. Details to be corroborated from primary sources.

Grid & water — why here

source: HIFLD · EPA

Nearest substation

1.5 mi

Harwood · 69 kV

Transmission line

964 ft

230 kV line

Municipal water

Served

Public Water System

The 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: Google News

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No 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.

Statewide cost of this incentive

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.

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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 ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Harwood Elementary School in Harwood, is 1.2 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.

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