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DALLAS. TX (North Dakota Monitor) – Applied Digital, the company operating data centers near Ellendale and Jamestown, on Monday announced plans to build a $3 billion data center at Harwood, north of Fargo. Applied Digital plans to break ground in September on what it calls Polaris Forge 2, a 280-megawatt artificial intelligence computing center.
The new AI-powered data center, which will have a capacity of over 70 megawatts, will be financed by a syndicate of more than 20 banks including Crédit Agricole CIB, DBS Bank and ING Bank.
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Cass County Electric's CEO says that Applied Digital’s planned 900-acre AI data center in Harwood won’t require upgrades or raise rates for members.
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A rendering of the planned data center near Harwood, North Dakota. (Courtesy of Applied Digital)FARGO (North Dakota Monitor) — Applied Digital, the company operating data centers near Ellendale and Jamestown,
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