HARWOOD, N.D. — As a Texas company prepares to break ground this month on a $3 billion artificial intelligence data center north of Fargo, readers have asked several questions about the facility.

The Forum spoke this week with Applied Digital Chairman and CEO Wes Cummins about the 280-megawatt facility planned for east of Interstate 29 between Harwood, North Dakota, and Fargo. The 160-acre center will sit on 925 acres near the Fargo Park District's North Softball Complex.

The Harwood City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday, Sept. 10, to rezone the land for the center from agricultural to light industrial. With the vote also came final approval of the building permit for the center, meaning Applied Digital can break ground on the facility this month.

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