Applied Digital: Toronto, SD

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Applied Digital: Toronto, SD

Applied Digital is proposing a "multi-billion-dollar" AI data center development in South Dakota, east of Toronto. This ambitious project could attract up to $16 billion in investment and is expected to generate 200 high-paying jobs.

The initial phase of the development involves constructing two buildings, each spanning 907,000 square feet (84,263 square meters). The project timeline estimates six to nine months for zoning and state-level approvals, followed by an 18 to 24-month construction period.

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Applied Digital (APLD) is a U.S.-based operator of next-generation digital infrastructure, providing solutions to the fields of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). APLD has two business segments: next-generation datacenter colocation services and AI GPU cloud services (under Sai Computing).

History:

In May 2023, it formed a new subsidiary called Sai Computing to provide cloud service for AI compute customers
In April 2022, the company rebranded to Applied Digital from Applied Blockchain

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