Infrastructure Development

The Next Data Center Bottleneck Isn’t Power or Cooling — It’s People: The Data Center Workforce

With the rapid rise of AI workloads, data centers are being built with higher power density, stricter reliability expectations, and cooling technologies that are evolving faster than most teams can adapt. As a result, these facilities aren’t just getting bigger—they’re becoming harder to operate, harder to staff, and far less forgiving when something goes…

Why the Best Leaders Don’t Climb Straight Ladders: How Karen Alter Built Success Through Detours

As companies push to decarbonize, modernize infrastructure, and bring new technologies to market, the leaders who stand out aren’t always the ones who followed a straight career path. Increasingly, it’s the people with the zigzags—the folks who’ve worked across different industries, adapted to new environments, and learned to make decisions under pressure—who bring the…

Workforce, Housing, and Growth: How Applied Digital Is Revitalizing a Rural Town Through AI Infrastructure

As AI infrastructure spreads beyond tech hubs and into America’s heartland, companies face a new imperative: not just to build facilities—but to build trust, local partnerships, and long-term value for the communities that host them. In Ellendale, North Dakota, Applied Digital’s Polaris Forge 1 campus has become a case study in what rural revitalization…

Applied Digital Ellendale AI Data Center: February 2025 Update

The data center reaches a critical milestone as its first computing cluster comes online to handle AI and HPC workloads

Applied Digital Ellendale AI Data Center: November 2024 Update

Major infrastructure milestones bring North Dakota's flagship AI facility closer to full operational capacity

The Future of Digital Infrastructure Lies in Stability of Sustainable Technology

As global data demands explode, organizations must balance rapid innovation with the infrastructure stability required to sustain long-term growth

Applied Digital’s State-of-the-Art Data Center in North Dakota Is a Game-Changer for Global Tech

A rural North Dakota campus could reshape where the world's most powerful computing infrastructure gets built

Applied Digital Ready to Meet AI’s Computational Power Needs

Heavy-duty data centers are becoming the bottleneck for AI development, and one infrastructure provider is racing to solve it

Applied Digital is Scaling Up Infrastructure to Handle Growing GPU Deployment Needs

The company is racing to build out physical infrastructure capable of supporting the massive power and proximity requirements that modern AI compute demands

Applied Digital is Pioneering the Next Generation of High-Performance Computing Data Centers

AI and HPC demand is reshaping how companies build the specialized infrastructure required to power next-generation computing workloads

Technology and Education at a Crossroads: Tech Creates Jobs, But Can Education Keep Up? Time to Reform

As technology reshapes the job market faster than schools can adapt, leaders debate whether education systems need a complete overhaul

Applied Digital Joins AI Alliance to Collaborate with Industry Leaders to Advance Open, Safe, and Responsible AI

A leading infrastructure provider commits to shaping AI development through industry collaboration and open-source innovation

Cold & Self-Storage Construction Trends: Consumer Preferences, Tertiary Markets, and Technology Investment Will Make the Difference in 2024

Shifting consumer habits and supply chain demands are reshaping where operators build and what technology they prioritize

Industry Expertise and Effective Leadership is Paramount in Mission-Critical Industries

Leaders who combine deep industry knowledge with strong vision gain competitive advantage in high-stakes sectors

BEAD Funding Roundtable: Is Rural Broadband Expansion Set Up to Succeed?

Industry leaders debate whether ambitious federal funding can overcome implementation challenges in underserved communities

Boxx Modular’s New Branch in Atlantic Canada: A Strategic Move for Construction Innovation

A construction innovator expands eastward to tap into Atlantic Canada's emerging modular building market

The New Frontier of Decarbonization with Built Environments and the City of Tomorrow: Part 1

Detroit's construction sector tackles how to cut building emissions while managing a $10 trillion investment wave reshaping urban development

The New Frontier of Decarbonization with Built Environments and the City of Tomorrow: Part 2

Building America's sustainable future hinges on solving a critical shortage of skilled workers in construction