North Dakota index · last changed 26 September 2026
Selected source-linked records are published below. This is not a complete inventory of North Dakota data centers.
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Start with 3 licensed source leads, then inspect the separate public-evidence layer below. Licensed rows are not independently verified and are not a statewide census.
North Dakota map
3 licensed rows · 3 source localities · 3 map targets
The state outline is adapted from the U.S. Census Bureau 2025 cartographic boundary file. Facility coordinates are adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Outline and markers use one geographic projection before any explicitly disclosed readability offset. Exact singleton source anchors are never moved. A one-kilometre boundary tolerance prevents the simplified 1:20,000,000 outline from hiding legitimate border-area source points; farther conflicts are disclosed, not clamped. DataCenterData groups source-reported city coordinates only within a bounded map radius; the outline does not validate a facility record. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
Browse all 3 rows below. Licensed rows are not independently verified and remain separate from the checked public-evidence layer.
Separate layer
Sites that operators list on their own websites and that are not rows in the licensed directory above. They are kept apart and never added to the licensed rows.
8 operator-listed sites (mixed units; not added to licensed rows) in North Dakota →
7 of these sites have no supported coordinate. The map does not invent a pin or a metro placement for them.
North Dakota evidence at a glance
Selected public evidence, not a statewide census. Each row shows whether it is independently source-linked, attributed, or unresolved; licensed leads remain separate.
No North Dakota Department of Commerce record was opened.
Browse all 3 North Dakota licensed leads → · Why these counts differ →
2 campus records. Names are as they appear on each record page.
| Record / roles | Status | Capacity / scale | Primary evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polaris Forge 2 | constructioncampus | 200 MWCritical IT · phase scopeThe filing describes a data-center lease to deliver 200 MW of critical IT load to an unnamed hyperscaler, phased across the initial two buildings. This is contracted future critical IT load, not current or measured load, utility-service capacity or an entire future-campus total. | Applied Digital Form 10-Q for the quarter ended February 28, 2026 →Gov. record |
| Polaris Forge 1 | expandingcampus · operator-reported | operator-reported live 175 MWCapacity type not recorded · campus scopeOperator-reported "total live capacity at the campus" on July 1, 2026, after Phase 1 of Building 2 (75 MW) entered service. The release does not state whether this is critical IT load; the 10-K states the first building's roughly 100 MW as critical IT load. This is the operator's figure for capacity in service, not measured electricity use, utility service capacity or the planned total. The 400 MW contracted at full build-out is a separate planned figure (see physical scale). | Applied Digital Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2026 →Gov. record |
Statewide audit pending
A few checked sites
This is not a list of every data center in the state, and the number here is not a count of them. There are almost certainly more.
Statewide coverage is not complete. The records below are sourced; a full statewide count has not been published.
State research audit window ended 12 September 2026. Individual records and claims below show their own evidence dates and may be newer.
Next scheduled coverage review: 25 March 2027.
2 independently source-linked project/campus records; 0 independently source-linked facility/building records; 0 attributed or unresolved rows. These counts use different units and must not be added together.
These notes name selected records, say which kinds of public evidence were checked and show what remains missing. They do not add anything to the published counts.
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Licensed and operator listings, reviewed records, answers and local policy for each place. Listings overlap and are not added; a place without a line here has no published local evidence.
No local evidence answer, reviewed record or local policy record is published for Hanover, Harwood. Their listings above are source listings to investigate. No statewide evidence answer is published for North Dakota either; statewide and utility-territory rules are under Policy tracker below.
Policy tracker
8 sourced records are associated with this state context. They are grouped below as current, pending and nonbinding, and history, and each card shows its relevant date. These are not facility counts and do not cover every locality.
Recorded as in effect on the dataset date. This does not mean every project in a represented state is restricted or approved.
Enacted legislation or regulation · Dickey County only (local rule)
In effect · Dickey County, North Dakota · Local
Effective: 21 April 2026
Issuing authority: Dickey County Board of County Commissioners
Dickey County, North Dakota, adopted a zoning ordinance effective 21 April 2026 whose section 7.20 regulates data centers.
Enacted legislation or regulation
In effect · Montana-Dakota Utilities electric service area, North Dakota · Utility territory
Effective: 1 July 2023
Issuing authority: Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.
Montana-Dakota Utilities offers North Dakota Rate 45 for data center-type facilities housing high density computer processing technology that expect at least 10,000 kW of monthly demand and an 85 percent load factor.
Incentive or explicitly supportive policy
In effect · North Dakota · State
Last checked: 3 November 2026
Issuing authority: North Dakota Legislative Assembly
North Dakota Century Code section 57-39.2-04.17 exempts enterprise information technology equipment and computer software bought by a qualifying business for use in a qualified data center from sales tax.
Adopted measures with unverified effect, adopted future measures, open proceedings, proposals, drafts and nonbinding context stay separate from current rules.
Regulatory or tariff proceeding
Pending proceeding · Montana-Dakota Utilities service near Center, North Dakota · State
Source document: 26 June 2026
Issuing authority: North Dakota Public Service Commission
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. asked the North Dakota Public Service Commission on 26 June 2026 to approve an electric service agreement with APLD BIS-01 LLC for a high-density data center near Center, North Dakota.
Regulatory or tariff proceeding
Pending proceeding · Otter Tail Power Company service area, North Dakota · Utility territory
Source document: 18 June 2026
Issuing authority: Otter Tail Power Company (petition filed with the North Dakota Public Service Commission)
Otter Tail Power Company petitioned the North Dakota Public Service Commission on 18 June 2026 to create a class for very large customers and a high power compute rate schedule for customers with at least 75 MW of firm data center load, structured as take-or-pay service that assigns data center costs to the data center, with a proposed start of 1 January 2027.
Expired, repealed, vetoed, failed, blocked, superseded and completed measures remain visible without being presented as current.
Expired, repealed, vetoed or blocked action
Expired · North Dakota · State
Ended: 31 December 2020
Issuing authority: North Dakota Legislative Assembly
North Dakota enacted a sales and use tax exemption for enterprise information technology equipment and software used in a qualified data center through House Bill 1089 in 2015, codified as section 57-39.2-04.13.
Legislation introduced (any outcome)
Did not pass · North Dakota · State
Ended: 17 January 2025
Issuing authority: North Dakota Legislative Assembly
North Dakota House Bill 1427, introduced in the 2025 regular session, proposed to give the Public Service Commission authority over the siting compatibility of data centers under the energy conversion and transmission siting chapter.
Legislation introduced (any outcome)
Did not pass · North Dakota · State
Ended: 3 September 2026
Issuing authority: North Dakota Legislative Assembly
North Dakota Senate Bill 2406 proposed to bar state agencies and political subdivisions from entering nondisclosure agreements with developers of data centers or industrial projects and to void such agreements.
Enacted legislation or regulation · Listed coverage: part of North Dakota
In effect · Southwest Power Pool region (multistate) · Regional grid
Effective: 1 July 2026
Issuing authority: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
On 5 June 2026 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission accepted Southwest Power Pool tariff revisions, effective 1 July 2026, that add Conditional High Impact Large Load Service, a non-firm transmission service that can serve a large load such as a data center before long-term firm service is available, for up to seven years and subject to curtailment.
Enacted legislation or regulation · Listed coverage: part of North Dakota
In effect · Southwest Power Pool region (multistate) · Regional grid
Effective: 15 January 2026
Issuing authority: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
On 14 January 2026 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission accepted Southwest Power Pool tariff revisions, effective 15 January 2026, that add a High Impact Large Load study process and a generation assessment for those loads.
Review dates: the 8 North Dakota records were last checked 23 September 2026 to 3 November 2026. 1 scheduled review is overdue as of the tracker date 3 November 2026: Dickey County: zoning standards for data centers (last checked 23 September 2026, review due 23 October 2026). Overdue means not re-read yet, not changed. No single record, and not this list, establishes complete statewide policy coverage.