Applied Digital, a firm specializing in data center design, development, and operations, has signed a US$15 billion infrastructure lease agreement spanning 15 years with an unnamed major US hyperscaler. The deal aims to add 200 MW of computing power at the company’s Polaris Forge 2 campus in North Dakota, increasing its total leased capacity at both Polaris Forge 1 and Polaris Forge 2 to 600 MW.