1 data center project in Unincorporated Oliver County
Who decides here: the Oliver County Commissioners decides on zoning for land outside city and town limits.
In Unincorporated Oliver County
Local votes and rules
✅ Approved
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.
📌 Other
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.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
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.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Oliver County. - Go to county meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Unincorporated Oliver County: Wapa-- Western Area Power Administration (public) or Montana-dakota Utilities Co. (company) or Basin Electric Power Co-op (co-op (owned by its members)) or Roughrider Electric Cooperativ (co-op (owned by its members)).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in North Dakota.
🙋 Open tasks here
- Did the company ever post the reclamation bond the county asked for?
- How much water will it use each day once running, and from where?
- How many backup diesel generators will it have?
- Where exactly is the site? Reports say both '1 mile east of Hannover' and 'south of Hannover near Highways 25 and 31'. A parcel number, address or agenda link helps.