Project Fighting Pike (Critical Data House, Northstar Center)
Critical Data House, LLC · Williston, ND · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- ProposedSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 48.147, -103.618
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 455 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-26
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Proposed
Williston City Commission approved the data center master plan
Underlying source
Source notes
Multi-building campus planned on the former Northstar Center Subdivision north of Williston, along US Highways 2/85 a few miles west of Love's. It is focused on cloud computing rather than crypto mining. The plan has three phases: phase one targeted by end of 2026 and full build-out by 2031 (KFYR, March 2025). The Williston Herald (May 2026) reports a planned $10B investment, which the developer splits into construction and IT hardware. The city notes that approved documents do not guarantee the facility will be built. No construction start is confirmed. Coordinates are the Williston town point (approximate). This is a separate project from the existing Atlas Power site west of Williston.
Sources and provenance
- Developer showing early interest in building data center north of Williston · source retrieved 2026-10-26
- Williston commissioners approve plans for a data center north of town · source retrieved 2026-10-26
- Williston protesters demand more transparency, regulation surrounding data centers · source retrieved 2026-10-26
- Where North Dakota's data centers stand: 26 facilities tracked statewide · source retrieved 2026-10-26
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.