Far North Digital Prudhoe Bay Data Center

Power

Power and the grid

Sources on record, size not disclosed

North Slope field natural gas Planned
plan to tap existing gas generators or fuel cells; no capacity figure or permit on record Dataset · April 2025

Permits

Permits checklist

3 checked, nothing on file

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

–
Checked, nothing on file: Air quality permit for added engines or turbines, Utility certificate or tariff, Local land use

Risks

What could slow it down

High
No permits, tenant or financing
Nothing beyond a listing and press descriptions is on record for the 120 MW build-out. see Permits
High
Depends on undersea fiber
The project says it depends on fiber connections to Tokyo and Ireland that are still under development, and no cable completion was found. State agency · March 2025
Medium
Power not arranged
Power would come from field gas on the North Slope, which has no public utility; no air permit for added generation was found. see Permits

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming

Nov. 14, 2018
Paper trail Far North Digital LLC registered in Alaska
March 2025
Site Project described as a modular campus using North Slope gas and fuel cells with carbon capture State agency · March 2025
April 2025
Power Press says the campus would tap existing North Slope gas generators for power Dataset · April 2025
Oct. 2026
Site Press and a data center directory list a separate small gas-powered Far North Digital site as operating at Prudhoe Bay News report · Oct. 2026

Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Developer

Far North Digital LLC: planned operator
Ethan Berkowitz: co-founder of the company that built the Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay fiber system (press)
Cinia: Finnish partner on a planned undersea cable (press)

Still unknown

Open questions

Any permit, tenant or financing for the 120 MW campus.
Whether the Tokyo and Ireland fiber cables are completed.
How the small operating site relates to the planned campus.

Where this comes from

46 records from 10 documents

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

News report 5Dataset 3Company 3State agency 1Local government 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 (12)

Project status: planned
“Prudhoe Bay Data Center, Far North Digital, LLC, Prudhoe Bay, Planned, 120 MW reported power”
Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
County code: 02185
“Prudhoe Bay Data Center | Far North Digital, LLC | Prudhoe Bay | Planned | 120 MW reported power”
Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
US Data Center Map lists "Prudhoe Bay Data Center" (Far North Digital, LLC) as Planned with "120 MW reported power" - the sole source of the queue 120 MW figure; the tracker denominates no basis (not IT capacity, not utility
“Prudhoe Bay Data Center | Far North Digital, LLC | Prudhoe Bay | Planned | 120 MW reported power”
Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Project status: announced only (proposed; no construction, permit or filing evidence found)
“The North Digital data center proposed for Prudhoe Bay is also a modular design that hopes to tap regional gas reserves”
Dataset · March 2025 · grade B
Project name: North Digital data center (name used by UAF ACEP)
“The North Digital data center proposed for Prudhoe Bay is also a modular design that hopes to tap regional gas reserves”
Dataset · March 2025 · grade B
Site location: Prudhoe Bay, North Slope Borough, AK (locality only; no site address or parcel located)
“The North Digital data center proposed for Prudhoe Bay is also a modular design that hopes to tap regional gas reserves”
Dataset · March 2025 · grade B
Power strategy: On-site fuel cells with carbon capture, tapping regional (North Slope) natural gas reserves
“By relying upon clean-burning fuel cells for power generation coupled with carbon capture technologies.”
Dataset · March 2025 · grade B
Modular design tapping regional North Slope gas reserves, using fuel cells with carbon capture; ambient cooling claimed to cut energy use 40-60%
“By relying upon clean-burning fuel cells for power generation coupled with carbon capture technologies.”
State agency · March 2025 · grade B
A separate small natural gas-powered Far North Digital site at Prudhoe Bay is listed as operating by Data Center Map and referenced by DCD; it is not evidenced to be the proposed 120 MW campus
“Prudhoe Bay near Deadhorse has a data center operated by Far North Digital”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
No North Slope Borough Planning Commission or Assembly action, Alaska DNR lease or land-use decision, or other state land record naming Far North Digital or a Prudhoe Bay data center campus was found in any search run 20
“Form 300 Rezoning and Master Plan Permit - Examples: Oil and Gas Operators rezoning land from conservation to resource development”
Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Power is behind-the-meter North Slope field gas (existing small gas-fired facility reported operating; the 120 MW build-out is a plan, not a permitted project): no RCA certificate, ADEC air permit, or FERC filing naming
“It would tap existing natural gas generators in the North Slope for its power supply”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
A small natural gas-powered Far North Digital site at Prudhoe Bay is reported as operating (per Data Center Map via DCD). No source links this operating site to the proposed 120 MW campus or to any MW figure; the two are
“According to Data Center Map, Alaska is currently home to two data centers, the natural gas-powered Far North Digital site in Prudhoe Bay”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C

Permits and government (2)

Prudhoe Bay is not connected to any ISO/RTO grid and is not served by a regulate: no RCA certificate, docket or tariff governs this load (status check)
“The North Digital data center proposed for Prudhoe Bay is also a modular design that hopes to tap regional gas reserves”
Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Far North Digital's existing Prudhoe Bay site is a small natural-gas-powered fac: no ADEC air permit naming Far North Digital / a 120 MW Prudhoe Bay data center located (status check)
“Alaska is currently home to two data centers, the natural gas-powered Far North Digital site in Prudhoe Bay, and a colocation facility in Anchorage run by telco GCI”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C

Legal (1)

Governor Dunleavy is courting Amazon, Meta and Microsoft for Alaska data centers and pitching the state's gas-pipeline case; no tenant has been named for Prudhoe Bay
“Alaska's governor has held talks with Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft in a bid to convince the hyperscalers to build data centers in his state.”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C

Site and other (5)

Developer: Far North Digital, LLC
“Utilizing the ambient cooling and cold water will reduce energy consumption by 40-60%, claims Far North Digital, the project developer.”
Dataset · March 2025 · grade B
Fiber dependency: Dependent on fiber cable connections under development to Tokyo and Ireland (Far North Fiber system)
“The project is dependent upon fiber cable connections currently under development to Tokyo and Ireland to serve overseas markets.”
Dataset · March 2025 · grade B
Project depends on fiber cable connections under development to Tokyo and Ireland to serve overseas markets
“The project is dependent upon fiber cable connections currently under development to Tokyo and Ireland to serve overseas markets.”
State agency · March 2025 · grade B
The proposed campus is dependent on the Far North Fiber cable connections currently under development to Tokyo and Ireland; no cable completion or campus construction milestone was found in sources retrieved
“The project is dependent upon fiber cable connections currently under development to Tokyo and Ireland to serve overseas markets.”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Far North Fiber (Far North Digital / Cinia) would tie into Alaska fiber networks via a branch into Prudhoe Bay - the connectivity the proposed campus depends on; the cable system itself is still under development.
“FNF will tie into Alaska fiber networks via a branch into Prudhoe Bay.”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C