Data Centers in North Dakota
North Dakota has 26 data centers identified from primary sources across 7 counties, run by 10 operators, against an industry reference count of 23. Dickey County holds the largest cluster with 10. SPP runs the grid for most of the state. no statewide measure on record and 2 local pauses; 0 named projects delayed or blocked, and 5 capital atlas sites carrying $16.9B in announced commitments.
Where North Dakota's data centers stand
Key facts
- Data centers identified
- 26 from the operators' own facility lists, PeeringDB, OpenStreetMap and Wikidata, of which 5 are mapped buildings that carry no name
- Target count
- 23 facilities in the industry reference count for North Dakota; this map holds 30 of them (130.4 percent), -7 still to identify
- Largest cluster
- Dickey County with 10 facilities
- Largest operator
- Applied Digital with 6 facilities
- Grid operator
- SPP and MISO
- State measures
- no statewide moratorium or pause on record
- Local pauses
- 2 city or county moratoria · 4 local restrictions on the delay watchlist
- Water measures
- 0 state and local, plus the federal measures that apply everywhere
North Dakota data centers, in short
North Dakota has 26 data centers identified from primary sources, spread across 10 cities and counties and run by 10 operators. The largest concentration is Ellendale, with 4 data centers, followed by Fargo with 4 and Grand Forks with 3.
The operators with the most data centers in North Dakota are Applied Digital (6), Midcontinent Communications (4), Dakota Carrier Network (2), Marathon Digital (2), 702 Communications (1). Colocation and interconnection providers appear most often because they publish building-level detail; hyperscale campuses appear where the operator or the county names the individual buildings.
Not every operator discloses size. In North Dakota, 4 publish a floor area and 8 publish a power figure, and each figure is shown against the data center it belongs to rather than added into one number. They are not the same measurement: one operator states the floor area of a single building, another the full capacity of a campus it has only announced.
SPP runs the wholesale power market and the high-voltage grid for most of North Dakota. No statewide measure governing data centers is on record, alongside 2 local pauses.
North Dakota data centers by city
Every data center identified in North Dakota, grouped by the city or county it stands in, 26 of them across 10 places. Each entry names the operator and links to the source that states it.
Data centers in Ellendale, North Dakota
- PF1-1 Applied Digital 100 MW
- PF1-2 Applied Digital 150 MW
- PF1-3 Applied Digital 150 MW
- Marathon Digital data center Marathon Digital
Data centers in Fargo, North Dakota
- 702 Communications - Fargo, ND 702 Communications 2911 Fiechtner Dr S 8 networks
- DCN Dakota Carrier Networks Dakota Carrier Network 3901 Great Plains Drive South 23,180 sq ft2 networks
- Fargo Data Center Midcontinent Communications 16,000 sq ft
- Midco Fargo Midcontinent Communications 4624 28th Ave. S 3 networks
Data centers in Grand Forks, North Dakota
- Grand Forks 1 Core Scientific 5601 11th Ave S 90,000 sq ft100 MW
- Grand Forks Data Center Midcontinent Communications
- Midco Grand Forks Midcontinent Communications 4301 18th Ave S 2 networks
Data centers in Harwood, North Dakota
- PF2-1 Applied Digital 150 MW
- PF2-2 Applied Digital 150 MW
- Applied Digital 6805 County Rd 81 N
Data centers in Bismarck, North Dakota
- DCN Dakota Carrier Networks Bismarck Dakota Carrier Network 4202 Coleman Street 72,000 sq ft2 networks
Data centers in Jamestown, North Dakota
- Marathon Digital data center Marathon Digital
Data centers in Underwood, North Dakota
- Underwood, North Dakota site Vulcan Infrastructure and Power 7.5 MW
Data centers in Unincorporated Dickey County, North Dakota
- ELN02 Applied Digital 9663 87th Avenue SE Mailing address: Ellendale
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Data centers in Unincorporated Williams County, North Dakota
- Atlas Powr Williston Datacenter Atlas Power
Data centers in Elsewhere in North Dakota
- North Dakota, U.S.A. Bitzero 30 MW
- North Dakota 2 Compass Mining
Floor area and power appear only where the operator or a government record publishes them. A building the sources describe without naming it is listed as a data center building at its county.
Where they cluster, and who runs them
Facilities by county 7
Operators 10
Cities 7
The rules and the pipeline in North Dakota
North Dakota has 0 state measures on record, 2 local pauses, and 0 state or local water measures. SPP runs the grid there. Each tracker below holds the full record for North Dakota, with every entry sourced.
North Dakota's neighbors
North Dakota data centers, answered from the record
How many data centers are in North Dakota?
The industry reference count for North Dakota is 23 facilities. This map places 26 of them from primary sources, each with a source record you can open, and every entry names the operator, the county, and the grid operator that serves it. The rest are mostly small regional colocation providers and enterprise buildings that no public register describes.
Where are North Dakota's data centers?
They are listed on this page city by city. By city: Fargo (4), Ellendale (4), Harwood (3), Grand Forks (3). By county: Dickey County (10), Cass County (7), Grand Forks County (3). Every data center identified in North Dakota appears under the city or county it stands in, with its operator and the source that names it.
Who operates data centers in North Dakota?
10 operators appear in the registers for North Dakota. The largest by facility count: Applied Digital (6), Midcontinent Communications (4), Dakota Carrier Network (2), Marathon Digital (2), 702 Communications (1). Interconnection-heavy providers are over-represented because PeeringDB records where networks meet; hyperscalers appear where contributors have mapped their buildings.
Does North Dakota have a data center moratorium?
No statewide moratorium, pause, or data center tax measure is on record for North Dakota. 2 city or county pauses are on record locally. The North Dakota Data Center Moratorium Tracker carries each measure with its primary source and a weekly changelog.
Which grid operator serves North Dakota data centers?
SPP runs the wholesale power market and the high-voltage transmission system for most of North Dakota; MISO covers the rest. SPP is the primary balancing authority (west/central incl. Basin, MDU, WAPA); eastern ND (Xcel Fargo, Otter Tail, Minnkota area) is MISO, per ND Legislative Council/OpenEI.
Are new data centers being built or delayed in North Dakota?
0 named projects in North Dakota are delayed, blocked, or under challenge, with 4 local restrictions, 0 jurisdictional actions, 1 utility docket, and 0 flagged queue row or large-load studys. The capital atlas records 5 named sites in North Dakota with $16.9B in announced commitments and 1 project blocked, delayed, or halted.
Facility layer: PeeringDB (Acceptable Use Policy), OpenStreetMap (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), US Census Bureau boundaries. Tracker layers: the SAVRN Moratorium Tracker, Water Tracker, Grid Operator Watchlist, Delay Watchlist, and Capital Atlas, each primary-sourced. Method on the national map.
North Dakota across the SAVRN trackers
The same state followed through the money, the policy, the water and the delays. Each page is primary-sourced and refreshed on its own schedule, and each links back here.