Has Applied Digital had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Applied Digital.

Where is Applied Digital located?

Applied Digital is in Harwood, Cass County, ND.

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Applied Digital

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in North Dakota?

North Dakota reported $19.4M in Qualified Data Center sales/use tax exemption for enterprise IT equipment & computer software (N.D.C.C. § 57-39.2-04.17) for FY2024 (North Dakota Legislative Council / Office of State Tax Commissioner (testimony)). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

6805 County Rd 81 N · Harwood, Cass County, ND

Source: OpenStreetMap

Applied Digital is a mapped data center in Cass County, ND.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 12, 2026

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Real parent

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Operator

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Utility

Cass County Elec Coop INC

Grid

MISO

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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

data center

The grid behind this site, right now

source: MISO · gridstatus

Clean right now

54%

Fossil right now

42%

Grid operator

MISO

Wind21.6%
Natural Gas21.4%
Coal20.5%
Solar18.4%
Nuclear14.1%
Imports2.2%
Other1.8%

Real-time generation mix for the MISO grid this site draws from, as of Jun 16, 2026, 4:35 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.

In the news

source: GDELT

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

Statewide cost of this incentive

North Dakota reported $19.4M in Qualified Data Center sales/use tax exemption for enterprise IT equipment & computer software (N.D.C.C. § 57-39.2-04.17) for FY2024 (North Dakota Legislative Council / Office of State Tax Commissioner (testimony)). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

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Water use

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow

Good

PM2.5

Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Fargo), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023

Median household income

$138.7K

People of color

12%

Below poverty

Tract population

5,274

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Harwood Elementary School in Harwood, is 0.3 mi from this site (123 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.