North Dakota index · last changed 12 September 2026

North Dakota research coverage.

See the available records, draft source-family audit and remaining research gaps. A state page is not a complete inventory of its data centers.

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Research coverage

Research draft available; independent coverage review pending

Research draft available. Candidate findings and statewide coverage await independent review.

Draft source attempts: 2026-09-12 through 2026-09-12. These are draft audit dates, not a new independent check.

0 reviewed project/campus records; 0 reviewed facility/building records; 0 uncounted records. Inventories are non-additive.

Draft source-family roster and gaps
  • economic development incentives — searched_partial

    Source references: ND-S0002

    • No North Dakota Department of Commerce record was opened.
    • The session web search budget was exhausted before North Dakota began, so this family was worked only by direct URL fetches.
  • utility commission large load — searched_partial

    Source references: ND-S0003, ND-S0004

    • No PSC docket, order or siting case was read.
    • No electric cooperative or municipal utility large-load record was located; Applied Digital's energy services agreement for Jamestown is known only from its SEC filing.
  • environmental construction permits — searched_partial

    Source references: ND-S0005, ND-S0006, ND-S0007

    • The NDDEQ permit portal itself was not opened and issued permits were not searched.
    • Water appropriation permits from the State Water Commission, which matter for these campuses, were not searched at all.
  • municipal planning assessor gis — searched_partial

    Source references: ND-S0008, ND-S0009

    • Cass County (Polaris Forge 2), Dickey County (Polaris Forge 1), Oliver County (Polaris Forge 3), Stutsman County (Jamestown), Cavalier County (Nekoma) and Williams County records were all unread.
    • No county assessor or GIS parcel record was opened, so no candidate carries a parcel identifier.
  • tax abatement development agreements — searched_partial

    Source references: ND-S0001

    • The Cavalier County Job Development Authority agreements were not retrieved.
    • No North Dakota property tax exemption, payment-in-lieu or tax increment record was located for any candidate.
  • operator disclosures — searched_partial

    Source references: ND-S0010, ND-S0011, ND-S0012

    • Applied Digital's corporate site links no per-site North Dakota facility page from its landing view.
    • Atlas Power, Bitzero, Enerfore and Core Scientific disclosures were not opened.
    • Only the most recent 10-Q of each filer was read; earlier filings, 8-Ks and exhibits were not.
  • open datasets directories — searched

    Source references: ND-S0013

    • No directory listing was opened.
  • historical closures withdrawals names — searched_partial

    Source references: ND-S0014

    • Morton County new rules for future data centers, seen only as a headline link, were not opened.
    • No archived page, rename or acquisition history was researched; Applied Digital's Jamestown and Ellendale hosting sites plainly predate the Polaris Forge branding but that history was not traced.
  • news and other discovery — searched_partial

    Source references: ND-S0015

    • No other North Dakota news source was opened.

No reviewed records published. This does not mean there are no data centers in this state.