Cass County

2 data center projects we know about. 77 townships and cities.

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Projects

Being built

Applied Digital Polaris Forge 2 AI campus in Harwood

Harwood, Cass County

320 acres · for An unnamed large tech company ("investment-grade hyperscaler"); one TV report says Oracle

🕒 April 2026: The North Dakota Public Service Commission approved a $110 million power project (substa…

Proposed

Geronimo Power Harmony Energy Park data center near Casselton

Harmony, Cass County

640 acres

🕒 Sept 22, 2026: Harmony Township board talked about a temporary pause on data centers and got a new chair.

Local votes and rules

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Harmony

The township board voted unanimously to hold a public hearing on a possible two-year pause on big projects: data centers, solar, wind, batteries, power lines and gas plants. The board also asked its lawyer to review 2025-2026 zoning changes and possible conflicts of interest. Hearing date not set; next meeting Oct. 20.

Sept 22, 2026Source

📌 Other · Fargo

Fargo commissioners voted to stop trying to annex the land where Applied Digital is building near Harwood. The fight over the east side of the property went to mediation.

Dec 8, 2025Source

🗺️ Zoning change · Harwood

Harwood's council gave final approval to rezone 320 acres southeast of town from farm land to light industrial for Applied Digital's data center. The first vote was on Sept. 2, 2025, when the council also voted to oppose Fargo annexing the site.

Sept 10, 2025Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Casselton

Casselton's council president told Barnes County commissioners that Casselton had passed a one-year pause (interim development control) on data centers, so the Legislature could act first. We did not find Casselton's own record or the date.

Source

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