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Polaris Forge 2

Applied Digital Corp. · APLD · North Dakota, USA
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Watch a campus get built: IREN Childress, Texas

Drag the slider to wipe between two dated satellite captures — open Texas ranchland in August 2020 becomes a hyperscale AI data center campus by July 2025. Ziven Professional and API members can scrub the full dated timeline like this for every covered site, and compare any two captures side by side with the disclosed capacity status on each date.

Satellite view of the IREN Childress site in August 2020: open ranchland before construction Satellite view of the IREN Childress campus in July 2025: completed data center buildings

In development: know what every building is

We're mapping every building on each covered campus, with its disclosed capacity and the date it first shows up on satellite. Here's a preview on the July 2025 Childress capture, labelled from IREN's own site plan:

July 2025 satellite view of the IREN Childress campus with mining phases 1 to 5, Horizon 1 under construction, and the primary, bulk and utility substations outlined Phase 5P5150 MW Phase 4P4150 MW Phase 1P1100 MW Phase 2P2100 MW Phase 3P3150 MW Horizon 1H175 MW Bulk substationBulk Utility substationUtility
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  • Under construction
  • Substation

Polaris Forge 2 FAQ

Polaris Forge 2 has capacity under construction.

Applied Digital Corp. (APLD) operates Polaris Forge 2. The site is in North Dakota, USA.

Yes. The Satellite Explorer shows dated satellite captures of Polaris Forge 2 next to the capacity Applied Digital Corp. had disclosed at the time. The dated timeline is a Ziven Pro feature.

The Polaris Forge 2 Site Details page lists the capacity changes Applied Digital Corp. has disclosed for the site. The full sourced change log is a Ziven Pro feature. Open Site Details