Data center profile · North Williston, Williams County, North Dakota (southwest of US 2 and the US 85 Bypass)

Critical Data House Fighting Pike

Critical Data House's speculative seven-building campus on about 300 acres in Williston, North Dakota, advertised at 455 MW (press); city-approved, no tenant or power contract.

Approved, not built. The Williston commission approved the rezoning and master plan in Mar. 2025, and staff recommended the final plat and development agreement in Apr. 2025. No building permit, construction or tenant on record; the newest filing dates from Apr. 2025.
Critical Data House Fighting Pike (Northstar Center), Satellite image, June 18, 2025
455 MW
capacity in press and tracker reports
press; basis not stated, seven 65 MW buildings; no filing gives a MW figure
7 buildings
in three phases over about 10 years
filed noise study; each building has a 100 MVA transformer
510.9 acres
rezoned and platted land
city says the data center itself occupies over 300 acres
$10B
minimum spend per press
$5B construction plus $5B IT hardware (press)
OperatorCritical Data House, LLC (developer)
CustomerNone named (marketed to hyperscale and ecommerce users)
Planned IT capacity364 MW at full build-out (our estimate from the company or utility power figure)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2029 or later (no dated power path yet).
Next deadlineDec. 2027: Phase 1 (first two buildings) construction expected to run through Q4 2027, per developer timeline reported in the press; no construction start is on record
From orbit

The site from above

Satellite overview1
Satellite image, June 18, 2025. Pin: Critical Data House Fighting Pike, Northstar Center.
From orbit

Critical Data House Fighting Pike

Satellite views of the same ground on April 20, 2024 and June 18, 2025. Drag to compare.

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Power

Power and the grid

None energized or contracted yet

Grid: Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative (assigned territory; unconfirmed)Proposed, no agreement
455 MW
press figure, basis not stated; may be neither utility load nor IT capacity; no service agreement found News report · Oct. 2026
Proposed
Backup generators (emergency use, not a power supply)

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. Sept. 2025
    Co-op publishes large-load rates
    The cooperative's board approves rate schedule C-2A for large commercial and industrial service, effective Jan. 1, 2026; no project-specific contract is public. Utility regulator · Oct. 2026
  2. As of Oct. 2026
    No service agreement found
    No signed electric service or interconnection agreement for Fighting Pike is public. see Permits
  3. Not set
    Wholesale supply: not confirmed
    Basin Electric supplies the cooperative and runs a large-load program, but no document ties it to this campus. News report · June 2025
Permits

Permits checklist

1 pending · 1 granted · 4 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a campus like this normally needs (including an air permit for backup generators), and what we found.

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$10B minimum spend, press ($5B construction plus $5B IT hardware). News report · Sept. 2026

Not on record: incentive agreement: only the state's general data center sales tax exemption path News report · Oct. 2026; financing or lender: developer has no SEC filing or Form D SEC filing · Oct. 2026

Land assembly

2 recorded land documents for the campus company in county records (Dec. 2019 to April 2025); 1 lists a price. Parcel counts come from the deed; acreage is not recorded.

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Dec. 23, 2019
    Money Land purchase recorded at $11.6M: Citation Northstar Center LLC to Yam Capital LLC (99 parcels) County deed records · Dec. 2019
  2. Feb. 7, 2025
    Site Developer's noise study for the proposed Fighting Pike campus is filed with the city. Local government · Feb. 2025
  3. March 6, 2025
    Permits City planning consultant memo describes the application for a campus of over 300 acres. Local government · March 2025
  4. March 17, 2025
    Permits Planning commission recommends approval of the plat, plan amendments and rezonings, with noise conditions. Local government · March 2025
  5. March 25, 2025
    Permits City commission holds the hearing and approves the entitlement package (per later city processing and press). Local government · March 2025
  6. April 21, 2025
    Permits Planning commission recommends the final plat. Local government · April 2025
  7. April 22, 2025
    Permits Final plat and development agreement go to the city commission with a staff recommendation; vote not recorded. Local government · April 2025
  8. Sept. 2025
    Power The local electric cooperative approves its large-load rate schedule. Utility regulator · Oct. 2026
  9. June 21, 2026
    Site A public petition against the campus cites water, noise and energy costs. News report · June 2026
  10. Aug. 27, 2026
    Site Press still describes the 455 MW campus as planned and built in phases. News report · Aug. 2026
  11. Dec. 2027
    Construction Phase 1 construction expected to run through this date, per press (no start on record). News report · Sept. 2026
Construction activity

Satellite captures by quarter

Since April 2024: 3 satellite captures.

Satellite
’25
’26
Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 1. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings

Specs

3 phases
two or three buildings each; full build-out about 10 years (press)
Local government · Feb. 2025
100 MVA transformers
one per building in the filed noise study (equipment rating, not load)
Local government · Feb. 2025
50 chillers per building
air-cooled, running continuously (filed noise study)
Local government · Feb. 2025
175 generators
diesel backup units, 25 per building
Local government · Feb. 2025
255,000 to 500,000 sq ft
per building, with closed-loop direct-to-chip liquid cooling (press)
News report · June 2026
4 fiber routes
minimum of four separate fibers (developer filing)
Local government · March 2025
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Developer
  • Critical Data House, LLC: applicant; Chris Hardin, vice president of business development
  • RWDI: noise consultant for the developer
Landowners
  • Citation Northstar Center LLC and YAM Capital LLC: fractional owners and plat signatories
  • Missouri Valley Communications: owner of a small tract in the plat
Decision-makers
  • City of Williston City Commission and Planning and Zoning Commission
  • SRF Consulting Group: city's planning consultant
Power
  • Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative: presumed distribution utility
  • Basin Electric Power Cooperative: wholesale supplier to the cooperative
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

162 records from 29 documents

Drawn from news reports, local government records, public and commercial datasets, state agency records, utility regulator dockets, company statements and securities filings, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 10Local government 8Dataset 6State agency 3Utility regulator 1Company 1SEC filing 1
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (23)
  • Backup generators count per building: 25 generators
    “Each data center building has twenty-five (25) associated Caterpillar 3516 series diesel engine driven back-up power generators”
    Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade A
  • Power plan: grid
    “Each building has one (1) associated 100 MVA transformer”
    Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade A
  • Interconnection status: none located - NO utility-side position exists in the public record: no Basin Electric, Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative (distribution), Upper Missouri Power Cooperative or North Dakota PSC
    “Since opening the program on June 13, 2025, Basin Electric has received 26 applications for new large load requests across the cooperative's footprint, 17 of which are currently active.”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • no project-specific service agreement was found
    “utility = Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative (distribution); Basin Electric Power Cooperative (wholesale G&T)”
    grade B
  • IT capacity: not stated
    “Critical Data House, LLC (CDH) has applied to develop a data center campus in north Williston, to be known as Fighting Pike (the project)”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility service: not stated
    “RATE SCHEDULE C-2A: COMMERCIAL THREE PHASE 1000 KVA OR MORE. CLASS OF SERVICE: Large Commercial and Industrial”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • On-site generation: not stated
    “Each data center building has twenty-five (25) associated Caterpillar 3516 series diesel engine driven back-up power generators”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility: Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative (MWEC)
    “Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative, Williston, ND. Rate Authorized and Approved by MWEC Board of Directors on 9/30/2025”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Electric service agreement signed: not stated
    “Line conversion for this service will be in accordance with the Cooperative's Line Extension Policy”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Stage: announced only (entitled; no construction, no tenant, no power contract)
    “This subdivision plat is necessary to facilitate the Fighting Pike data center development”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Rate class: MWEC Rate Schedule C-2A (Commercial Three Phase, 1000 kVA or more), Rate Class 64
    “CLASS OF SERVICE: Large Commercial and Industrial. Three phase service of 1000 KW or more; or 1000 KVA or more installed capacity. RATE CLASS: 64”
    Utility regulator · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Backup generators: 175 generators
    “Each data center building has twenty-five (25) associated Caterpillar 3516 series diesel engine driven back-up power generators”
    Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade B
  • Utility service: 455 MW
    “Project Fighting Pike in Williston, developed by Critical Data House, with 455 MW across seven 65 MW buildings on 300 acres”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Site acres: 300 acres
    “Project Fighting Pike in Williston, developed by Critical Data House, with 455 MW across seven 65 MW buildings on 300 acres”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Caution for utility joins: press and PSC-chair statements say Montana-Dakota Utilities serves the city of Williston proper while MWEC serves the Atlas Power load and surrounding territory. No opened document names the se
    “The PSC regulates investor-owned utilities that provide power in North Dakota, including Montana-Dakota Utilities, but doesn't regulate electric co-ops such as the Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Stated campus size: 455 MW
    “Critical Data House is developing Project Fighting Pike, a 455 MW campus of seven 65 MW buildings on 300 acres”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Grid operator: SPP
    “MISO and SPP. Eastern utilities trade in MISO, while Basin Electric belongs to SPP”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • LandGate (Wood Mackenzie) state market analysis lists Fighting Pike at 455 MW among North Dakota's largest planned projects, the tracker figure, repeated without a primary source. Useful only as evidence of the figure's
    “Critical Data House's 455 MW Fighting Pike campus in Williston”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Cooling: closed-loop with direct-to-chip liquid cooling (press); 50 air-cooled chillers per building (filed noise study)
    “use a closed-loop cooling system with direct-to-chip cooling”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Stated campus size: 455 MW
    “Critical Data House's planned 455-megawatt Fighting Pike Data Center, which is being built in multiple phases”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Change.org petition 'NO AI DATA CENTER IN WILLISTON, ND' (published June 21, 2026) seeks to stop Project Fighting Pike, arguing water depletion, noise and resident energy costs. Its project figures (455 MW, 300 acres, 7
    “The goal of this petition is to stop the planned project of a data center campus called Project Fighting Pike”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Wholesale supplier: Basin Electric Power Cooperative
    “The 200-megawatt Atlas Power Data Center near Williston was brought online in 2022 by Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative. The co-op is a member of Bismarck-based Basin Electric”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Basin Electric's Bison Generation Station (2 x ~745 MW gas combined cycle near Epping/Wheelock, Williams County; PSC certificate approved August 2025) is regional supply context only. Basin testified the plant is NOT dri
    “Basin Electric has resolved to plan for new large loads and data centers separately from its traditional load growth. This program has been designed to protect Basin Electric's existing member rate-payers”
    News report · June 2025 · grade C
Money and contracts (22)
  • Construction stage: none, entitlements complete (preliminary approvals Mar 2025; final plat and development agreement presented Apr 22, 2025); no construction start, building permit or site work confirmed
    “Critical Data Housing, LLC requests approval of the Final Plat of Northstar Center Subdivision Rearrangement #1. This subdivision plat is necessary to facilitate the Fighting Pike data center development”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Water supply: City of Williston municipal water and sanitary sewer; 12-inch water and sewer lines to be extended east/west across Lot 2 under the Development Agreement
    “Extension of 12-inch water and sanitary sewer lines generally east/west across Lot 2”
    Local government · April 2025 · grade A
  • Development Agreement: scope Legally binding contract establishing conditions and developer obligations for construction and financing, primarily infrastructure improvements (roads, utilities, public facilities)
    “The Development Agreement is a legally binding contract that establishes conditions and developer obligations for construction and financing, primarily related to infrastructure improvements”
    Local government · April 2025 · grade A
  • Development Agreement: infrastructure obligation - roads Developer to install southbound right turn lanes on US Highway 2 at Energy Street and 84th Street W
    “Installation of southbound right turn lanes on US Highway 2 at Energy Street and 84th Street W”
    Local government · April 2025 · grade A
  • Development Agreement: infrastructure obligation - roads Developer to improve 84th Street W to the west of US Highway 2
    “Improvement of 84th Street W to the west of US Highway 2”
    Local government · April 2025 · grade A
  • Development Agreement: infrastructure obligation - utilities Developer to extend 12-inch water and sanitary sewer lines generally east/west across Lot 2
    “Extension of 12-inch water and sanitary sewer lines generally east/west across Lot 2”
    Local government · April 2025 · grade A
  • Development Agreement: condition - permits and occupancy Agreement sets conditions for the issuance of building permits and certificates of occupancy
    “Conditions for the issuance of building permits and certificates of occupancy”
    Local government · April 2025 · grade A
  • Development Agreement: amendment and replacement Amends and replaces the existing Development Agreement in place for the Northstar Center Subdivision
    “The subject Development Agreement will amend and replace the existing Development Agreement in place for the Northstar Center Subdivision”
    Local government · April 2025 · grade A
  • Development Agreement: vested rights / phasing Facilitates development phasing and creates vested rights for the applicant; agreement specifies phasing, specifications and review requirements in additional detail
    “The Development Agreement ensures that infrastructure improvements will conform to applicable standards, facilitates development phasing, and creates vested rights for the applicant”
    Local government · April 2025 · grade A
  • Development Agreement: termination / cancellation / default FINDING: no termination, cancellation or default clause is stated in the published staff summary, and the agreement's own text (a scanned packet attachment) cou
    “Note that the Development Agreement specifies additional detail such as phasing, specifications, review requirements, etc.”
    Local government · April 2025 · grade A
  • Fiber connectivity: minimum four separate fiber feeds; 100G/400G dark and lit fiber planned; three carriers with long-haul routes
    “Fiber reliability and diversity with a minimum of four (4) separate fibers have been developed by our technology development team”
    Local government · March 2025 · grade A
  • Development Agreement (standard framework): execution and recordation condition Under the city subdivision regulations the development agreement must be signed by all owners of the subdivided property prior to final plat
    “The development agreement shall be signed by all owners of the subdivided property prior to final plat recordation. The development agreement shall be recorded along with the final plat”
    Local government · Oct. 2022 · grade A
  • Development Agreement (standard framework): successors bound The development agreement is binding on all successors in interest; project-specific Special Provisions approved by the City Commission prevail over standard p
    “The development agreement shall be binding on all successors in interest”
    Local government · Oct. 2022 · grade A
  • Development Agreement (standard framework): financial guarantee / reclamation Partial financial guarantee per SR-19(i) to ensure reclamation of all disturbed area to a standard accepted by City Engineering and Developmen
    “Partial financial guarantee as per Section SR-19(i) below to ensure reclamation of all disturbed area to standard accepted by City Engineering and Development Services”
    Local government · Oct. 2022 · grade A
  • Tenant status: none found - no tenant is named in any source checked; the developer markets cloud and AI capacity
    “tenants = none found - no tenant named in any source checked”
    grade B
  • Tenants: not stated
    “Stability and redundancy is a key component to any revenue generating networking solutions that support Hyperscaler and Ecommerce business organizations”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Tenant status: no tenant announced; speculative build marketed to hyperscale and ecommerce users
    “positions this mission critical facility campus to offer critical automation manufacturing solutions to the Ecommerce and AI business verticals”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Electric service agreement: scope FINDING: none found, no executed ESA, interconnection agreement or special-rate contract for Fighting Pike is public as of October 18, 2026; MWEC publishes only standard rate schedules
    “RATE SCHEDULE C-2A: COMMERCIAL THREE PHASE 1000 KVA OR MORE. CLASS OF SERVICE: Large Commercial and Industrial”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: April 11, 2025 · Grantor: LIU · Grantee: YAM CAPITAL LLC · Address: 000 ADDRESS EXCEPTION · City: CITY EXCEPTION”
    County deed records · April 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 11556748 USD
    “Recorded: Dec. 23, 2019 · Price: $11,556,748 · Grantor: CITATION NORTHSTAR CENTER LLC · Grantee: YAM CAPITAL LLC · Parcel number: 01-465-00-00-10-220 · City: WILLISTON”
    County deed records · Dec. 2019 · grade B
  • Incentives: No project-specific incentive agreement found. North Dakota's statutory qualified data center sales/use tax exemption (Tax Commissioner certification) is the only identified incentive path; no certification f
    “A qualified data center must be located on one parcel or contiguous parcels, contain at least 15,000 sq ft, use at least 50% of the space for data processing”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Stated capital cost: $10 billion minimum ($5B construction + $5B IT hardware) USD
    “The company plans to spend $5 billion on construction and another $5 billion on IT hardware before it even gets to payroll”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
Permits and government (17)
  • Final plat: presented for approval with the Development Agreement (item 8.H.1); staff recommended approval
    “Not to be recorded until the fractional ownership has been resolved and confirmed by the City Attorney as to resolution of Title Requirement 12”
    Local government · April 2025 · grade A
  • City of Williston Board of City Commissioners: Item 8.H.1, Fighting Pike Data Center Final Plat and Development Agreement
    “RE: Fighting Pike Data Center Final Plat and Development Agreement”
    Local government · April 2025 · grade A
  • Final plat: recommended approval
    “The Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended approval of the Final Plat”
    Local government · April 2025 · grade A
  • City of Williston Planning & Zoning Commission: Fighting Pike, final plat of Northstar Center Subdivision Rearrangement #1
    “The Planning and Zoning Commission heard this item at their regular meeting on April 21, 2025”
    Local government · April 2025 · grade A
  • Name: Critical Data House Fighting Pike
    “Public Hearing- Fighting Pike Data Center (Multiple Requested Entitlements)”
    Local government · March 2025 · grade A
  • Rezoning date: March 25, 2025
    “the rezoning of Lot 1 to A, Agricultural District; and the rezoning of Lots 2 and 3 to C-2, General Commercial District for the Northstar Center Subdivision Rearrangement #1”
    Local government · March 2025 · grade A
  • Comprehensive plan amendment: public hearing on amendment of Future Land Use designation to Commercial for Lots 1, 2 and 3
    “an amendment of the Future Land Use designation to Commercial for Lots 1, 2, and 3 of the Northstar Center Subdivision Rearrangement #1”
    Local government · March 2025 · grade A
  • Transportation plan amendment: public hearing on Transportation Plan amendments, including revisions to the 2040 Functional Classification Network
    “an amendment to the Transportation Plan, including the revisions to the 2040 Functional Classification Network”
    Local government · March 2025 · grade A
  • Rezoning and PUD amendment: public hearing on PUD amendment and rezoning (Lot 1 to A Agricultural; Lots 2 and 3 to C-2 General Commercial)
    “an amendment to the Planned Unit Development for Northstar Center Subdivision Rearrangement #1; and the rezoning of Lot 1 to A, Agricultural District; and the rezoning of Lots 2 and 3 to C-2, General Commercial District”
    Local government · March 2025 · grade A
  • Preliminary plat: recommended approval (as conditioned)
    “The Planning and Zoning Commission heard this item in a public hearing at their regular meeting of March 17, 2025”
    Local government · March 2025 · grade A
  • City of Williston Planning & Zoning Commission: Fighting Pike Data Center, public hearing on preliminary plat, Comprehensive Plan amendment, Transportation Plan amendment, PUD amendment and rezonings (Northstar Center S
    “The Planning and Zoning Commission heard this item in a public hearing at their regular meeting of March 17, 2025”
    Local government · March 2025 · grade A
  • Jurisdiction: City of Williston (site inside city limits; city zoning and subdivision authority). Williams County role is plat recordation only; ND PSC has no jurisdiction over data centers or the serving electric cooper
    “Plan amendments must be adopted by the City Commission on a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission, following a public hearing”
    Local government · March 2025 · grade A
  • Ch. 6-16-5.1); Different site, different jurisdiction, different outcome, do not merge with Fighting Pike.
    “I have determined that a Conditional Use Permit for a Data Center cannot be applied for based on the following reasons”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • Air permit to construct: none found
    “The Division of Air Quality has developed electronic permitting for Pre-Construction (NSR/PSD) permitting, Minor/Synthetic Minor Operating Permits and Title V operating permits”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • City of Williston Board of City Commissioners: Item 3.B, public hearing: Fighting Pike entitlement package (preliminary plat, Future Land Use amendment, Transportation Plan amendment, PUD amendment, rezonings)
    “RE: Public Hearing- Fighting Pike Data Center (Multiple Requested Entitlements)”
    Local government · March 2025 · grade B
  • The ND Public Service Commission has no authority over data centers or over the electric cooperatives that serve them: there is no state siting, rate or interconnection proceeding for this campus, and none should be expe
    “the Public Service Commission does not have the authority to regulate data centers. They don't come to us. We don't regulate them, said Randy Christmann, chair of the Public Service Commission”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • the Williams County Commission tabled the appeal indefinitely, unanimously and at CDH's own request, so the company could re-subdivide and re-approach; No CUP for the county site has been granted in any record opened; Fi
    “The Williams County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to table indefinitely an appeal by Critical Data House”
    News report · Feb. 2025 · grade C
Site and other (23)
  • Aliases: Northstar Center Subdivision Rearrangement #1, Lot 2
    “Proposed final subdivision plat to create Northstar Center Subdivision Rearrangement #1, a rearrangement of Northstar Center Subdivision, Section 23, T155N, R101W”
    Local government · April 2025 · grade A
  • Land ownership: Fractional ownership among Missouri Valley Communications Inc, Citation Northstar Center LLC and YAM Capital LLC, with Critical Data House, LLC as applicant; transfer to the applicant incomplete at April
    “Note that property ownership has yet to fully transfer to the applicant; therefore, plat signatories include MVC, Citation Northstar Center LLC, and Yam Capital LLC”
    Local government · April 2025 · grade A
  • Land control date: not stated
    “Not to be recorded until the fractional ownership has been resolved and confirmed by the City Attorney as to resolution of Title Requirement 12”
    Local government · April 2025 · grade A
  • Address: Section 23, T155N, R101W, southwest of the US 2 / US 85 Bypass junction, north Williston, ND
    “The properties are located southwest of the intersection of US 2 and US 85 Bypass, northwest of the intersection of US 2 and 84th Street W”
    Local government · March 2025 · grade A
  • Acres: 510.91 acres
    “containing 510.91 acres more or less”
    Local government · March 2025 · grade A
  • Acres: over 300 acres
    “The data center complex is an intensive land use that will occupy over 300 acres”
    Local government · March 2025 · grade A
  • Code names: Project Fighting Pike
    “Fiber Narrative-Project Fighting Pike”
    Local government · March 2025 · grade A
  • Developer: Critical Data House, LLC (CDH)
    “Critical Data House, LLC (CDH) has applied to develop a data center campus in north Williston, to be known as Fighting Pike (the project)”
    Local government · March 2025 · grade A
  • County: Williams County
    “The project site lies within Section 23, T155N, R101W (Missouri Ridge Township), within the City of Williston”
    Local government · March 2025 · grade A
  • Buildings: 7 buildings
    “the fully developed Project site at the existing dwellings, hotel and business, with seven (7) data center buildings and associated chillers in continuous operation”
    Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade A
  • Phases: 3 phases
    “The Project consists of a data center campus development undertaken in three (3) phases. Each phase will consist of two or three data center buildings”
    Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade A
  • Transformer capacity per building: 100 MVA
    “Each building has one (1) associated 100 MVA transformer”
    Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade A
  • Chillers per building: 50 chillers
    “Each phase will consist of two or three data center buildings, each with fifty (50) chillers operating continuously”
    Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade A
  • Announced: Feb. 7, 2025
    “RWDI was retained by Critical Data House to conduct a Noise Impact Assessment (NIA) for the proposed Fighting Pike Data Center (the Project) in Williston, North Dakota”
    Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade A
  • Basin Electric Large Load Commercial Program (system-wide, NOT this campus): adopted Jun 2025 to insulate existing members from large-load costs; 26 applications received since Jun 13, 2025, 17 active, none publicly attr
    “Adopted in June 2025, Basin Electric's Large Load Commercial Program was created to insulate existing members from costs and potential risks associated with serving new large loads.”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • County code: 38105
    “FCC census block find for latitude 48.1850 longitude -103.6750 returned County FIPS 38105, name Williams County”
    Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • no constru
    “The new subdivision plat, to be known as Northstar Center Subdivision Rearrangement, will contain three lots. The data center campus will be located on Lot 2”
    Local government · March 2025 · grade B
  • Announced: March 6, 2025
    “Critical Data House, LLC (CDH) has applied to develop a data center campus in north Williston, to be known as “Fighting Pike” (the project)”
    Local government · March 2025 · grade B
  • Original target date: phase 1 (first two buildings) construction through Q4 2027; full three-phase build-out over 10 years
    “Construction on phase one, consisting of the first two buildings, is expected to run through the fourth quarter of 2027. The full three-phase buildout is slated to take 10 years”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Current target date: unchanged, phase 1 through Q4 2027; 10-year build-out; no revised schedule published
    “Critical Data House's planned 455-megawatt Fighting Pike Data Center, which is being built in multiple phases”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Building sq ft: 255,000 to 500,000 sq ft per building
    “The buildings are said to range between 255,000 and 500,000 sq ft and utilize closed-loop water systems and direct-to-chip liquid cooling”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Opposition: Change.org petition 'NO AI DATA CENTER IN WILLISTON, ND' (June 2026) seeks to stop the project on water, noise and energy-cost grounds
    “The goal of this petition is to stop the planned project of a data center campus called Project Fighting Pike”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • City of Williston approved the Fighting Pike master plan on Mar 17, 2025; full build-out runs three phases over ten years (phase 1 through Q4 2027 per developer timeline as reported). Local-government record itself is Mu
    “The City of Williston approved the master plan on March 17, 2025, and full build-out runs across three phases over ten years”
    News report · March 2025 · grade C

Imagery and records: Satellite imagery: Maxar via Esri World Imagery Wayback. County deeds: ATTOM.