How much power does Project Fighting Pike use?

Project Fighting Pike has a reported power capacity of 455 MW across roughly 3,500,000 square feet.

Has Project Fighting Pike had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Project Fighting Pike.

Where is Project Fighting Pike located?

Project Fighting Pike is in Williston, Williams County, ND.

Operating

Project Fighting Pike

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.

Williston, Williams County, ND

Source: Primary source

Project Fighting Pike is an operating data center in Williams County, ND, operated by Critical Data House. DataCentersExposed has documented 455 MW of reported power capacity at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026

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Real parent

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Operator

Critical Data House

Power

455 MW

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

Full build-out by 2035, facility size estimated between 1,900,000 to 3,500,000 sq feet Announced investment: $5.0B. Imported from the FracTracker Alliance U.S. Data Centers Tracker after review. Details to be corroborated from primary sources.

Operator chain

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Critical Data House
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Project Fighting Pike

Grid & water — why here

source: HIFLD · EPA

Nearest substation

0.4 mi

Unknown134045 · 115 kV

Transmission line

0.3 mi

115 kV line

Municipal water

No service area

self-supplied or unmapped

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.

source · All North Dakota subsidies →

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, Hagan Elementary School in Williston, is 3.8 mi from this site (543 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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