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Oliver County

1 data center project we know about. 2 cities and unincorporated areas.

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Projects

Being built

Applied Digital Polaris Forge 3 AI campus near Center

Unincorporated Oliver County, Oliver County

600 acres · for An unnamed large tech company ("hyperscaler")

🕒 July 10, 2026: The county signed a road use agreement with the company.

Local votes and rules

✅ Approved · Unincorporated Oliver County

Commissioners voted 2-1 to approve Applied Digital's building permit north of Center, which also rezoned the farm land to industrial. Conditions include a noise study, generator tests only from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., cooling water brought from off site, and paying the cost of one extra sheriff's deputy.

July 7, 2026Source

📌 Other · Unincorporated Oliver County

At a special meeting, commissioners ended the county's 180-day data center pause early. A rezoning request for a data center was filed soon after.

April 30, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Unincorporated Oliver County

The county paused data centers for 180 days in March 2026. (An advisory board had first suggested three years.) Commissioners ended the pause early at a special meeting on April 30, 2026.

March 2026Source

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