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North Dakota Utility Regulators Advance Power Project For Data Center

By Bill Dubensky Apr 16, 2026 | 5:50 AM

(Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)

 

(North Dakota Monitor) – The North Dakota Public Service Commission approved a temporary variance allowing preliminary construction activities to proceed for power projects to serve a data center north of Fargo.

The variance will allow the company to begin site preparation, such as site grading, prior to approval of the full project.

The $110 million project will add a substation near the Applied Digital data center site east of Interstate 29 between Harwood and Fargo.

A 345-kilowatt power line,1.74 miles long, will connect to existing power lines southwest of the substation.

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