HARWOOD, ND – MAY 06, 2026: Construction workers working at the Applied Digital Data Center site in Harwood, N.D.BISMARCK, N.D.(North Dakota Monitor) — Data center development is a growing area of concern in North Dakota and has become an issue in the election for two seats on the Public Service Commission, the agency that regulates energy infrastructure in the state….
HARWOOD, ND – MAY 06, 2026: Construction workers working at the Applied Digital Data Center site in Harwood, N.D.BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Tech corporations are coming to North Dakota farm fields to build massive, resource-intensive computer warehouses that feed artificial intelligence. But with minimal public oversight, residents and local governments are struggling to manage the rapid infrastructure sprawl….
Cranes work to position concrete panels at the site of the future Applied Digital data center near Harwood, North Dakota, on March 4, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)HARWOOD, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – The North Dakota Public Service Commission has approved a power project to serve a data center that is under construction north of Fargo. The $110…
St. Louis County Commissioner Ashley Grimm poses for a portrait outside the St. Louis County District Courthouse Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 in Duluth, Minnesota. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — After local governments secretly approved data center projects across Minnesota, Republicans and Democrats in the Legislature have rallied behind a bill that would prohibit local government officials from…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The land where Applied Digital is building a $3 billion AI data center will not be annexed by Fargo. City commissioners voting 5-0 tonight to accept an agreement with the City of Harwood to stop the process of annexing around 300 acres of land between the two cities. Construction is well underway on the data center…
St. Louis County Commissioner Ashley Grimm poses for a portrait outside the St. Louis County District Courthouse Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 in Duluth, Minnesota. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)DULUTH, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Leaders in small Minnesota communities are helping big tech companies dot the state with gigantic computers used to power AI, often under the cloak of code names…
The planned data center near Harwood, North Dakota. (Courtesy of Applied Digital)FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The City of Fargo has taken action to annex land near Harwood where the $3 billion Applied Digital artificial intelligence data plant may go. During the Aug. 4 city commission meeting, commissioners voted unanimously to begin the annexation process, without any mention of the AI data…
