North Dakota utility regulators advance power project for data center

By: Jeff Beach, Jacob Orledge

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: April 15, 2026

Words: 517

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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The North Dakota Public Service Commission on Wednesday 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 …

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