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NDSU and RII Launch Study Exploring the Reuse of Data Center Waste Heat for Greenhouses in North Dakota

Researchers at North Dakota State University (NDSU) and Resource Innovation Institute have formally launched a public-private research initiative to assess the possibility of colocating large-scale greenhouses with data centers in North Dakota.As part of the initiative, US data center operator...

February 23, 2026

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Rumble Inc. to Buy Northern Data

German technology group Northern Data has received a firm offer to be acquired by an 'alt-tech' video platform and cloud services provider. The transaction, which would include Northern's colocation and cloud businesses, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026.John Hoffman, co-CEO o...

November 15, 2025

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Salute Acquires Data Center Engineering Firm Northshore

Data center services firm Salute has acquired engineering and consulting firm Northshore with plans to leverage Northshore's Seastack platform to enhance and optimize facility operations and improve its data center lifecycle services.“By integrating Northshore’s AI-driven platform into Salute’...

November 07, 2025

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North Dakota State University Awarded $3.85m for Supercomputer

North Dakota State University (NDSU) has been awarded $3.85 million to acquire and deploy an AI supercomputer named Bison, which will be housed in the university’s Center for Computationally Assisted Science and Technology (CCAST) data center and is expected to come online in the summer of 202...

September 03, 2025

North Dakota

Northern Data Group divides its operations into three brands

Northern Data Group, a provider of infrastructure for high-performance computing (HPC), has segregated its operations into three distinct brands: Taiga Cloud, Ardent Data Centers, and Peak Mining. Northern Data Group will continue to be the corporate parent of the three new brands, while the a...

August 09, 2023

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Basin Electric seeks state approval for power plant expansion to accommodate burgeoning data center industry

Basin Electric has reportedly reached out for state approval for a power plant expansion in McKenzie County to accommodate the growing power requirements of the data center industry. The state Public Service Commission (PCS) received the company's expansion request back in October, which would...

December 19, 2022

North Dakota

Applied Digital Breaks Ground on New 5MW Facility in North Dakota

Applied Digital Corporation has announced that it is developing a 5MW data center in North Dakota. The facility will be designed to host Graphics Processing Units GPUs for non-cryptocurrency use cases. Applied Digital’s new data center will be located next to its existing 100MW hosting faci...

December 16, 2022

North Dakota

Bitzero announces intention to purchase old North Dakota missile site for data center

After announcing plans to build 200 megawatts of data centers in North Dakota over the next two to three years back in June, Bitzero has announced plans to redevelop a northeastern North Dakota anti-ballistic missile site into a data center. The $6 billion Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Comple...

August 03, 2022

North Dakota

Bitzero & investor Kevin O’Leary make big company announcements

Bitcoin mining company Bitzero, reportedly a "100% green company," recently made a number of announcements related to its expansion and headquarters location. Plans to build 200 megawatts of data centers in North Dakota over the next two to three years were announced, and the state was also ch...

June 06, 2022

North Dakota

Huge data center on the way for Williston, North Dakota

A huge data center is on its way to Williston, North Dakota. Atlas Power Data Center is the $1.9 billion project which will be built by Montana-based FX Solutions and owned and operated by Atlas Power. The first phase of the project is expected to be completed by 2024. Governor D...

January 28, 2022

North Dakota

More cryptocurrency data centers to head to North Dakota?

North Dakota is becoming a hotspot for cryptocurrency miners, with its cold temperatures attracting interest. According to John Weeda, director of the North Dakota Transmission Authority, there's lots of interest from a number of parties. Energy Services Manager Josh Schaffner said the company...

January 24, 2022

North Dakota

Northern Data acquires data center site in Northern Sweden fully powered by green energy

Frankfurt am Main – Northern Data AG (XETRA: NB2, ISIN: DE000A0SMU87) acquires a data center facility in Northern Sweden to meet massive customer demand. The site currently consists of six data center halls on an area of 2.5 hectares and will now be further expanded by Northern Data following...

January 07, 2021

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Northern Data AG announces acquisition of Canadian data center specialist Kelvin Emtech Group (PR)

Key step forward for existing strategy of expansion into Canada Continuing to accelerate North America growth and expansion Decisive and additive know-how for data centers construction Frankfurt am Main – April 28, 2020 – Northern Data AG (XETRA: NB2, ISIN: DE000A0SMU87), one of the world’s ...

April 28, 2020

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