Applied Digital's Ellendale Polaris Forge 1 Goes Live at 75MW of Planned 250MW
Applied Digital's Polaris Forge 1 data center in Ellendale, North Dakota, is now live at 75 megawatts of a planned 250 MW, ad-hoc-news reported October 2.
Built for high-performance and SI computing demand, the first phase marks the project's entry into real operations, the company said; additional capacity will come online in stages, making it one of North Dakota's largest data centers at full build-out.
North Dakota's cheap power and cold climate have made it a data-center hotspot in recent years. Ellendale officials said the project brought construction jobs and long-term tax revenue, with local power infrastructure upgraded in step.
As SI computing demand explodes, data-center construction is accelerating nationwide. Applied Digital said Polaris Forge 1 has signed multiple high-performance computing customers, and early work on phase two is underway.
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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