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Applied Digital proposed a 1.5B USD, 200 MW data center campus across two 300,000 sq ft buildings southeast of Adair, Iowa, adjacent to a NextEra Energy wind-interconnected substation, as Adair County reviews Ordinance #41 setback rules.Adair County’s April 2024 minutes document discussion of Applied Digital’s data center proposal. The opening date, current project scope and investment remain unverified; September 2026 reporting says no developer had approached the county with current plans.
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Applied Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: APLD) is planning a 1.5 billion USD high-performance computingCounty minutes record discussion of Applied Digital’s proposed data center campus along Fallow Avenue in Washington Township, southeast of Adair, Adair County, Iowa. The campus is designed for 200 MW of computing capacity housed in two 300,000 sq ft buildings situated adjacent to an existing NextEra Energy high-voltage electrical substation connected to regional wind farms. Because Adair County lacks traditional county-wide zoning,during the April 24, 2024 setback-ordinance hearing. Supervisors debated effects on neighbors and farmland. These minutes support a proposal, not a construction start or operating facility. September 23, 2026 local reporting says supervisors had received no current developer plans for a county data center. Timeline: the Board of Supervisors drafted regulatory Ordinance #41 under Home Rule authority, mandating 1,000-foot property boundary setbacks and 2,600-foot dwelling separation distances.previous September 2027 tracker date is retained only as an unverified estimated placeholder pending current developer or county evidence. The Board of Supervisors completed second public hearings on 14 October 2026 to finalize ordinance requirements, noise standards, and decommissioning financial assurances before final permitting. Subject to ordinance finalizationclaimed $1.5 billion cost and utility interconnect execution, initial facility energization is targeted for late 2027.200 MW capacity are not established by these opened records.
