id: polaris-forge-1-ellendale
name: Applied Digital Polaris Forge 1 (ELN01)
status: operational
location:
  country: US
  state: ND
  county: Dickey
  locality: Ellendale
metrics:
  capacity_mw: 400
first_seen: '2026-07-07'
last_updated: '2026-07-07'
confidence: medium
sources:
- url: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/applied-digital-completes-first-data-center-building-at-north-dakota-campus/
  publisher: DataCenterDynamics
  date: '2026-07-06'
  note: First building (ELN01) completed at the Ellendale campus.
signals:
- sig-20260706-applieddigital-eln01-capacity
- sig-20260706-applieddigital-pf1-capacity
- sig-20260706-applieddigital-pf1-construction-start
- sig-20260706-applieddigital-pf1-status
notes: 'Operator is Applied Digital, which has no operators.yml entry — operator field omitted
  pending an "applied-digital" entry. CoreWeave (also lacking an operators.yml entry) is reported
  as taking all 400 MW at full buildout; it is a tenant, not the operator, so not recorded
  as operator. capacity_mw resolved to the 400 MW full-buildout figure for the Polaris Forge
  1 campus; the first building, ELN01, is reported as a distinct 180 MW facility (one phase
  of the campus). Single source (DataCenterDynamics), hence medium confidence. Status: source
  reports the campus as "operational/under construction (first building completed)"; resolved
  to operational because ELN01''s first building is completed, with remaining campus phases
  still under construction — the source is ambiguous between the two states. A "construction
  began Sept 2022" signal was reported explicitly as a construction-start date, not an announcement
  date; it is not filed into announced_date (no construction_start field exists) and is recorded
  here in notes instead to avoid inventing precision.'