Teton Digital Project Trinity (Williams County, North Dakota)

Power

Power and the grid

Sources on record, size not disclosed

Dedicated power station with Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative Proposed
paid for by Teton and developed with the co-op per the county filing; no capacity or agreement on record Local government · Jan. 2025

Getting on the grid

The county filing says the project would be powered by the co-op; Teton's website describes a Basin Electric grid mix, with backup generation for resilience only. Company · Oct. 2026

Permits

Permits checklist

1 denied · 1 appealed · 2 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a campus like this normally needs, and what we found.

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Conditional use permit applications (two Bergstrom parcels) Denied
Williams County Development Services · Jan. 24, 2025: staff could not accept the applications: the sites failed the one-mile setback from sensitive properties and the three-mile spacing from an approved data center Local government · Feb. 2025
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Appeal and request for reduced setbacks Appealed
Williams County commissioners · Feb. 11, 2025: outcome of the second appeal not found in county records Local government · Feb. 2025
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Checked, nothing on file: Phase II conditional use permit (70 MW), State utility commission case

Risks

What could slow it down

High
County permit not confirmed
County staff twice rejected applications on setback grounds, and the later permit claim comes only from the company. see Permits
High
Schedule slip
A first 30 MW was expected by late 2025 (press), but the company still describes it as in final permitting in Oct. 2026 with no energization announced. Company · Oct. 2026
Medium
Power depends on a new station and substation
Teton plans a dedicated power station with the local co-op, and the 100 MW expansion needs a new substation and a power study. News report · March 2025
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Neighbor opposition
Landowners within a mile asked the county to continue the denial. Local government · Feb. 2025

Money

Money on record

$200M planned raise, including servers (press) (as reported in spring 2025). News report · April 2025

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming

Oct. 8, 2024
Permits County staff determine a conditional use permit for a data center cannot be applied for at the site Local government · Oct. 2024
Nov. 5, 2024
Site Teton files a project description for a 75 to 100 MW data center with a dedicated power station Local government · Nov. 2024
Jan. 24, 2025
Permits After a Jan. 22 preapplication meeting, staff again determine a permit cannot be applied for Local government · Jan. 2025
Feb. 4, 2025
Permits County commissioners approve a permit for another developer's data center, which puts Teton's site inside the three-mile separation setback Local government · Feb. 2025
Feb. 11, 2025
Permits Teton appeals to the commissioners to reconsider its application, with a request for reduced setbacks Local government · Feb. 2025
Feb. 16, 2025
Legal Neighboring landowners write in opposition, citing noise, power impacts and property values Local government · Feb. 2025
April 2025
Money Press says Teton plans to raise $200M and expects 30 MW operational by late 2025 News report · March 2025
Oct. 2026
Permits Teton's website lists a Phase II permit secured (70 MW) and Phase I (30 MW) in final permitting; no county confirmation found Local government · Oct. 2026

The buildings

Specs

About 81 acres Bergstrom parcel, Dry Fork Township. Local government · Feb. 2025

Battery storage: proposed alongside the data center Local government · Feb. 2025

Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Developer

Teton Digital LLC: developer
Scott Bennett: chief executive (press)

Power

Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative: planned power partner
Montana-Dakota Utilities and Upper Missouri Power Cooperative: named as partners in press

Decision-makers

Williams County Board of County Commissioners and Development Services: conditional use permits

Still unknown

Open questions

County record of any permit after the Feb. 2025 appeal.
Co-op power agreement and capacity.
A customer and completed financing.
1 unconfirmed county land record near the site: the buyer or location could not be tied to this campus.

Where this comes from

67 records from 13 documents

Drawn from local government records, news reports and company statements, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

Local government 6News report 6Company 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 (11)

Company now reports a Phase II CUP secured (70 MW) with Phase I (30 MW) in final permitting, but no county document confirming any CUP after the Jan-Feb 2025 appeals was retrieved in this pass - the later CUP claim is co
“Teton Digital, LLC, is requesting the reconsideration of their application for a Conditional Use Permit.”
Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Teton Digital's own projects page reports: 100 MW Tier 3 campus; Phase II Conditional Use Permit secured (70 MW); Phase I in final permitting (30 MW); dated June 30, 2025 in the sibling lane's permit events (same folder). N
“Phase II Conditional Use Permit secured (70 MW); Phase I in final permitting (30 MW)”
Company · June 2025 · grade B
Neighbouring landowners opposed the CUP in writing, citing noise, power impacts, property values and lack of design information
“As a landowner located within a mile of the proposed Teton Digital LLC Data Center ... I remain strongly opposed!”
Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade B
Neighboring landowner within a mile of the proposed site wrote to the county in Feb 2025 strongly opposing the CUP, citing noise, power impacts, property values and lack of design information
“As a landowner located within a mile of the proposed Teton Digital LLC Data Center ... I remain strongly opposed!”
Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade B
Stated campus size: 100 MW
“This proposal outlines the development of a 75-100MW data center in compliance with Williams County Ordinance 2024—01—02.”
Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade B
Site acres proposals: Approximately 26-acre Rural Residential parcel (Oct 2024 proposal); approximately 81-acre Agricultural parcel (Jan 2025 proposal)
“regarding a proposed 75-100MW cryptocurrency mining data center, consisting of immersion and/or liquid cooled technologies, as well as a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on an approximate 81-acre Agricultural zoned parcel”
Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade B
Power partner county filed: MWEC (Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative) - dedicated power station paid for by Teton Digital, per the county-filed project description
“A dedicated power station will be paid for by Teton Digital and developed in conjunction with MWEC”
Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade B
Dedicated power station to be paid for by Teton Digital and developed in conjunction with MWEC (Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative), per the project description filed with the county
“A dedicated power station will be paid for by Teton Digital and developed in conjunction with MWEC”
Local government · Nov. 2024 · grade B
Slip: coverage in spring 2025 expected 30 MW operational by late 2025; Teton's own site at Oct 2026 still describes Phase I (30 MW) as 'in final permitting' and only the Phase II CUP as secured; No operating announcement
“Phase II Conditional Use Permit secured (70 MW); Phase I in final permitting (30 MW)”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Trade press reported an initial 30 MW launch expected to become operational by late 2025, with expansion to 100 MW requiring a new substation; no trace of a build or operation was found after that target passed
“will initially launch with 30 MW of capacity and is expected to become operational by late 2025, with an expansion goal of 100 MW requiring the construction of a new substation.”
News report · March 2025 · grade C
Spoken at the county appeal hearing (Scott Bennett): initial phase about a dozen large cooling units at roughly 2.5 MW each (about 30 MW total); full build-out to about 100 MW would depend on a power study with MWEC
“the initial phase would include about a dozen large cooling units at roughly 2.5 megawatts each (about 30 megawatts total)”
News report · Jan. 2025 · grade C

Money and contracts (4)

New Project Media (spring 2025): Teton Digital planned to raise USD 200m, including server costs, to finance the 100 MW Williams County data center; CEO Scott Bennett
“Teton Digital plans to raise USD 200m, which includes server costs, as soon as this year to finance a 100 MW data center in Williams County”
News report · April 2025 · grade C
Financing sought: $200 million (including server costs) sought in 2025, per CEO Scott Bennett via New Project Media
“Teton Digital plans to raise USD 200m, which includes server costs, as soon as this year to finance a 100 MW data center in Williams County, North Dakota”
News report · March 2025 · grade C
utility partnership (as reported): partnership to build the project, with Teton funding grid upgrades including a new substation
“Project Trinity will be built in partnership with Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. and the Upper Missouri Power Cooperative, with Teton Digital funding necessary grid upgrades”
News report · March 2025 · grade C
Teton sought to raise $200M (including server costs) for the 100 MW project; initial 30 MW launch, expansion to 100 MW needs a new substation
“The project, known as Project Trinity, will initially launch with 30 MW of capacity and is expected to become operational by late 2025, with an expansion goal of 100 MW requiring the construction of a new substation.”
News report · March 2025 · grade C

Permits and government (16)

Teton Digital's Project Trinity (Dry Fork Township, near Tioga, Williams County): Teton Digital project description filed with the county: 75-100 MW, dedicated power station with MWEC, SPP battery
“A dedicated power station will be paid for by Teton Digital and developed in conjunction with MWEC, providing stable energy”
Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
Company now states Phase II Conditional Use Permit secured (70 MW) with Phase I (30 MW) in final permitting for the 100 MW Tier 3 campus
“Phase II Conditional Use Permit secured (70 MW); Phase I in final permitting (30 MW). Basin Electric grid mix with backup generation.”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
COMPANY CLAIM ONLY - not a permit: Teton's projects page states a Phase II Conditional Use Permit is secured (70 MW) with Phase I (30 MW) in final permitting for the 100 MW Tier 3 campus; No county CUP document supportin
“Phase II Conditional Use Permit secured (70 MW); Phase I in final permitting (30 MW). Basin Electric grid mix with backup generation.”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
County code: 38105
“staff determined that the site location did not meet setbacks of at least one (1) mile from sensitive properties, as required in Chapter 6-16-5.1 of the Williams County Zoning Ordinance”
Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade B
Staff memo: Jan 22, 2025 preapplication for a 75-100 MW crypto-mining data cente: CUP application not accepted (setbacks); appeal filed
“Teton Digital, LLC, is requesting the reconsideration of their application for a Conditional Use Permit”
Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade B
CUP application denial appeal (second): Reconsideration requested - pending on the retrieved record
“Teton Digital, LLC, is requesting the reconsideration of their application for a Conditional Use Permit.”
Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade B
Williams County staff could not accept Teton's CUP applications on two Bergstrom parcels (Oct 2024 and Jan 2025 preapps) because the sites failed the 1-mile sensitive-property setback and the 3-mile data-center separatio
“staff determined that the site location did not meet setbacks of at least one (1) mile from sensitive properties, as required in Chapter 6-16-5.1 of the Williams County Zoning Ordinance”
Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade B
Williams County Board of County Commissioners:
“on February 4, 2025, the Board of County Commissioners approved a CUP for a data center for Enerfore Digital, LLC”
Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade B
conditional use permit (pre-application determination, second proposal): Application could not be applied for - setback ineligible
“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 B
Williams County Development Services (Planning & Zoning determination):
“Based on the information provided during your January 22, 2025, preapplication meeting, I have determined that a Conditional Use Permit for a Data Center cannot be applied for”
Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade B
conditional use permit (pre-application determination): Application could not be accepted - setback ineligible
“staff sent Teton Digital, LLC a decision letter informing them that a CUP application could not be accepted because the location failed to meet setback requirements”
Local government · Nov. 2024 · grade B
Williams County Development Services (Planning & Zoning determination):
“I have determined that a Conditional Use Permit for a Data Center cannot be applied for based on the following reasons:”
Local government · Oct. 2024 · grade B
MWEC is a member-owned distribution cooperative (wholesale supply from Basin Ele: no PSC docket governs this load (status check)
“with Mountrail-Williams Electric Co-Op, how they do their commercial large load program”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
New Project Media: Project Trinity was recently given the green light by the Williams County Board of Commissioners; initially 30 MW, expected operational by late 2025 in that report, expanding to 100 MW with a new subst
“The project was recently given the green light by the Williams County Board of Commissioners.”
News report · April 2025 · grade C
CUP application denial appeal: Appeal approved 4-0 (per prior-pass adjudication; DCD: company will now apply for a CUP)
“Teton Digital gets go-ahead for 100MW data center in North Dakota Company will now apply for conditional use permit”
News report · Feb. 2025 · grade C
Williams County Board of County Commissioners:
“On the motion to approve the appeal for the CCMF facility (the motion referenced battery storage in the motion language), the board recorded the roll call: Bo — Yes; Chris — Yes; Barry — Yes; Corey — Yes.”
News report · Jan. 2025 · grade C

Site and other (3)

Project status: stalled - CUP applications twice determined ineligible on setbacks; no CUP granted to Teton in the retrieved county record; no construction or operation trace after the late-2025 operating target
“staff sent Teton Digital, LLC a decision letter informing them that a CUP application could not be accepted because the location failed to meet setback requirements”
Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade B
Proposed use: Cryptocurrency mining data center (immersion/liquid cooled, with BESS), designed to transition to HPC and AI services
“Initially focused on cryptocurrency mining, the facility is designed to transition to High-Performance Computing (HPC) and AI services as demand evolves.”
Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade B
Site location: Bergstrom parcels, S 1/2 NW 1/4, Section 4, T155N, R95W, Dry Fork Township, near Tioga, Williams County, ND (applicant address 10430 72nd St NW, Tioga, ND 58852)
“Location: S ½ NW ¼, Section 4, T155N, R95W Township: Dry Fork”
Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade B