id: polaris-forge-2-harwood
name: Applied Digital Polaris Forge 2
status: announced
location:
  country: US
  state: ND
  county: Cass
  locality: Harwood
metrics:
  capacity_mw: 280
  investment_usd: 3000000000
announced_date: "2025-08"
first_seen: "2026-07-07"
last_updated: "2026-07-07"
confidence: medium
sources:
  - url: https://northdakotamonitor.com/2025/08/18/company-announces-plan-for-data-center-north-of-fargo/
    publisher: North Dakota Monitor
    date: "2025-08-18"
    note: Applied Digital announces planned data center north of Fargo.
signals:
  - sig-20260706-applieddigital-pf2-announced
  - sig-20260706-applieddigital-pf2-capacity
  - sig-20260706-applieddigital-pf2-investment
  - sig-20260706-applieddigital-pf2-status
notes: >
  Operator is Applied Digital, which has no operators.yml entry — operator
  field omitted pending an "applied-digital" entry.
  Distinct campus from Polaris Forge 1 (Ellendale, Dickey County): PF2 is in
  Harwood, Cass County, near Fargo, so it is a separate record even under the
  same Polaris Forge program.
  announced_date given as "August 2025" — recorded as "2025-08" (month
  precision only, as sourced). capacity_mw 280 (AI computing center),
  investment_usd $3 billion. Single source (North Dakota Monitor), hence
  medium confidence.