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Applied Digital Secures $7.5 Billion Hyperscaler Lease at Delta Forge 1 AI Campus

Applied Digital has signed a 15-year lease agreement with a new US-based investment-grade hyperscaler at its Delta Forge 1 AI

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Applied Digital has signed a 15-year lease agreement with a new US-based investment-grade hyperscaler at its Delta Forge 1 AI Factory campus, carrying an estimated total contracted value of approximately $7.5 billion. The lease covers 300 megawatts of critical IT load at the 430 MW campus, which spans more than 500 acres and purpose-built to support large-scale artificial intelligence and high-performance computing infrastructure. Initial operations at Delta Forge 1 are expected to begin in mid-2027.

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