North Dakota Town Serves as an Example of The Promise And Perils of Data Centers For South Dakota

(Photo courtesy of Applied Digital via the North Dakota Monitor)

(North Dakota Monitor) – Don Flaherty worries about the future of the data center industry “every single day.”

During his four years as mayor of Ellendale, North Dakota, the town has welcomed a growing data center campus from Dallas-based Applied Digital.

If the company goes belly up, so could the town.

“Could it blow up in my face?” Flaherty said. “Absolutely.”

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