FARGO — The Fargo City Commission will hold off on deciding whether to annex property north of the city that includes a $3 billion artificial intelligence center near Harwood, North Dakota.

The commission voted 4-1 on Monday, Nov. 10, to postpone action on annexing nearly 800 acres of land north of the North Softball Complex until its Nov. 24 meeting. Commissioner John Strand was the lone dissenting vote.

The land includes a 280-megawatt AI data center, also known as Polaris Forge II. Applied Digital, the Texas company behind the project, began construction in mid-September, with plans to fully open the facility in early 2027.

The data center falls within the extraterritorial zone of Harwood, a small city of roughly 800 residents about 5 miles north of Fargo. The Harwood City Counc

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