Applied Blockchain

Average (2.8/5)https://www.applieddigital.com/

Applied Blockchain (Applied Digital) has pivoted away from crypto-mining hosting toward AI/HPC data-center infrastructure, leasing 'AI Factory' capacity to hyperscalers. No crypto-mining hosting service is offered on its current site.

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Accreditation: UnknownLetter rating: Complaints (3 yrs):

Locations

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  • office — Dallas, USA(exact)

    Dallas, Texas HQ

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  • facility — Jamestown, USA(exact)

    Jamestown data center, North Dakota

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  • facility — Ellendale, USA(exact)

    Ellendale (Polaris Forge 1) data center, North Dakota

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  • facility — Garden City, USA(exact)

    Garden City data center, Texas

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  • facility — Harwood, United States(exact)

    Harwood, North Dakota data center ("Polaris Forge 2", 280 MW)

  • facility — Center, United States(exact)

    Center, Oliver County, North Dakota data center ("Polaris Forge 3", 300 MW)

  • facility — Alexandria, United States(exact)

    Alexandria/Boyce, Rapides Parish, Louisiana data center ("Delta Forge 1", 430 MW)

  • facility — Adair, United States(approximate)

    Adair County, Iowa data center (near Adair/Greenfield, "Adair Data Center", 200 MW, proposed)

  • office — Irving, United States(exact)

    Irving, Texas ops control center

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  • Website Exists:5.0/5(A)· checked Sep 3, 2026view ↗
  • Website Freshness:5.0/5(100%)· checked Sep 3, 2026view ↗
  • Site History:5.0/5(since 2000)· checked Aug 24, 2026view ↗

Google Search SummaryD+

Applied Blockchain (now Applied Digital, Nasdaq: APLD) faced a securities class-action lawsuit covering April 2022-July 2023, alleging the company overstated the profitability of its datacenter-hosting business and its ability to transition into AI cloud services. Separately, Trustpilot shows customer refund disputes, with at least one customer indicating potential legal action.

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Reddit SummaryC

Applied Blockchain (Nasdaq: APLD, now branded Applied Digital) generates almost no Reddit discussion as a mining-hosting company — the firm publicly exited crypto mining in 2022 to pivot into AI/cloud datacenters, and virtually all Reddit activity is investor/stock chatter (r/APLDSTOCK, r/pennystocks, r/microcaps) rather than customer reviews. A well-sourced 51-comment "is APLD a scam" DD post catalogs a sketchy shell-company history (staffing to aviation to potato packaging to crypto mining to AI) and 2023 short-seller reports (Bear Cave, Wolfpack Research) alleging weak governance and a since-settled harassment complaint, but replies are dominated by bullish investors citing its NVIDIA/CoreWeave partnerships; no hosting-customer complaints exist because it no longer offers hosting. Grade reflects governance/credibility skepticism, not service quality.

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