Applied Digital Corporation operates as a United States (‘U.S.’) designer, developer, and operator of next-generation data center infrastructure across North America.
The company provides data center infrastructure solutions to the rapidly growing industries of high-performance computing (‘HPC’) and artificial intelligence (‘AI’). The company operates in two distinct business segments: blockchain data center hosting (the ‘Data Center Hosting Business’) and HPC data center hosting (the ‘HPC Host...
Applied Digital Corporation operates as a United States (‘U.S.’) designer, developer, and operator of next-generation data center infrastructure across North America.
The company provides data center infrastructure solutions to the rapidly growing industries of high-performance computing (‘HPC’) and artificial intelligence (‘AI’). The company operates in two distinct business segments: blockchain data center hosting (the ‘Data Center Hosting Business’) and HPC data center hosting (the ‘HPC Hosting Business’).
Data Center Hosting Business
The company’s Data Center Hosting Business provides energized infrastructure services to crypto mining customers. The company’s custom-designed data centers allow customers to rent space based on their power requirements. The company serves one crypto mining customer with a remaining contractual term of two and a half years. This business segment accounts for all of the revenue generated from its continuing operations for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2025.
The company operates sites in Jamestown and Ellendale, North Dakota, with a total hosting capacity of approximately 286 MW as follows:
Jamestown, North Dakota: 106 MW facility,
Ellendale, North Dakota: 180 MW facility.
HPC Hosting Business
The company’s HPC Hosting Business specializes in designing, constructing, and operating data centers tailored to support high power density applications, like HPC and AI.
The company is building an HPC-focused campus consisting of three data centers, which are the first AI-focused facilities in its Polaris Forge portfolio, in Ellendale, North Dakota. The company is under construction on the first two buildings: a 100 MW and a 150 MW data center, respectively. These facilities are purpose-built for high power density GPUs and, along with a third 150 MW data center, will comprise the Polaris Forge 1 campus. On May 28, 2025, the company entered into two lease agreements for the first two buildings, totaling 250 MWs.
The company anticipates that this business segment will begin generating meaningful revenues once the first building within Polaris Forge 1 becomes operational, which is expected in the calendar year 2025.
Discontinued Operations
Cloud Services Business
The Cloud Services Business, which is operated through the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Applied Digital Cloud Corporation (‘Applied Digital Cloud’), has locations in three states: Colorado, Minnesota, and Utah. This business provides cloud services to customers, such as AI and machine learning developers, by renting space at third-party co-location centers and providing customers with access to its cloud computing equipment.
Competition
The company competes with several prominent data center providers in the US, including Digital Realty, Equinix, Inc., NTT, and various private operators. These competitors own or operate properties similar to the company’s data centers. Specifically, within the company’s Data Center Hosting Business, the company competes against Bitdeer Technologies Group and Riot Platforms, amongst other private operators.
Global Logistics
The company continuously monitors developments in the global supply chain, which is necessary to assess their potential impact on the company’s expansion plans within the HPC market.
Growth Strategies
The company’s strategies include continued expansion of businesses, securing scalable power sites, vertically integrating power assets, and site selection criteria.
Customers
The company has material customer concentration in its Data Center Hosting Business. The company currently serves one crypto mining customer with a remaining contract term of two and a half years. The company also has material customer concentration in its HPC Hosting Business. The company has one customer in this business segment, which is a party to two fifteen-year term leases with it.
During fiscal year 2025, this business segment consisted of four customers accounting for 100% of its revenue from continuing operations. One of these customers accounted for 93% of the company’s revenue during fiscal year 2025.
History
The company was formerly known as Applied Blockchain, Inc. and changed its name to Applied Digital Corporation in 2022.