Applied Digital has continued to tell residents of Harwood and the surrounding area that their data center will not affect electrical rates of consumers.

What nobody does seem to do is provide education on the power consumption this facility will require.

The Fargo Metropolitan Statistical area is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau and includes all of Cass and Clay counties and contains roughly 111,000 households.

North Dakota households average a little over 1,000 kilowatt hours per month, so let’s say the household in this region use 111,000 megawatt hours per month. This data center will use 201,600 (280 times 24 times 30).

In fact, its electricity consumption will be more than half the capacity of the Garrison hydroelectric dam, and the equivalent of 22 beet plants the size of Hill

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