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Applied Digital Corporation
A designer, builder, and operator of large-scale data centers for high-performance computing, Applied Digital leases liquid-cooled "AI factory" capacity to tenants like CoreWeave and investment-grade hyperscalers under long-term take-or-pay contracts. Founded in 2020 by Wes Cummins and Jason Zhang as Applied Blockchain to host crypto miners, it renamed itself Applied Digital in 2022 to reflect its pivot toward AI infrastructure. Its legacy data center business still hosts a single crypto mining customer in North Dakota.
10-K · Fiscal year ended May 31, 2026 · SEC filing ↗
HPC Hosting launched and drove FY2026 revenue up 167% to $611.3M, but net loss widened to $184.3M.
Applied Digital's HPC Hosting Business went live and reshaped the company this year. rose 167% to $611.3M and rose 29.9 points to 35.1% as the new contributed $385.3M, while the net loss widened to $184.3M on $220.1M of and a $59.7M loss. The company now operates as a two-segment HPC landlord with $4.2B in cash but $5.0B of debt behind a still-unproven base.
Key takeaways
The HPC Hosting Business launched with $385.3M of from Polaris Forge 1, including $114.7M in new data center rental revenue, converting the company from a crypto-hosting operator into a purpose-built AI data center landlord.
Total rose 167% to $611.3M and rose 29.9 points to 35.1%, while the net loss widened to $184.3M, driven by $220.1M in and a $59.7M loss on the cloud business's failed classification.
Section summaries
Business
Applied Digital designs, builds, and operates large-scale, purpose-built HPC data centers (AI factories) for hyperscalers under long-term leases.
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The company operates through two segments: an HPC Hosting Business and a legacy Data Center Hosting Business serving a single crypto mining customer.
Its HPC portfolio comprises 1,410 MW of contracted across five campuses, representing approximately $36.2 billion in total contracted over 15-year base lease terms.
Key HPC tenants include CoreWeave and multiple investment-grade hyperscalers under , non-cancellable leases.
The company reorganized from three reportable segments to two — Data Center Hosting and HPC Hosting — after contributing its Cloud Services Business to a new public entity, ChronoScale, whose cloud fell 15% to $71.6M.
turned positive at $89.7M after a $115.4M use last year, funded by $6.9B in financing that lifted cash and restricted cash to $4.2B and total assets to $9.9B, while rose to $5.0B.
excluding ChronoScale and non-recurring items improved to $107.2M from $19.6M at an 11% adjusted , against the deepening operating loss of $236.5M.
A securities class action (McConnell v. Applied Digital) is stayed pending a motion to dismiss, with no loss estimate but possible material impact; a derivative suit was dismissed without prejudice.
What changed
The prior years' watch item — signing a hyperscaler lease for Polaris Forge 1 / Ellendale and starting meaningful HPC in calendar 2025 — was resolved as HPC Hosting generated $385.3M in FY2026 from the energized first facility, though the filing states key tenants include CoreWeave and investment-grade hyperscalers under take-or-pay leases rather than naming a single new signed lease event.
The securities class action flagged across FY2024, Q1–Q3 FY2025 and Q1–Q2 FY2026 remains active and stayed; the earlier derivative suit was dismissed without prejudice in June 2024 and has not been refiled, so the loss estimate remains unstated.
U.S. tariff exposure on electrical-equipment procurement, flagged from Q3 FY2025 onward, appears as a formal risk factor this year with no stated delay to Polaris Forge 1 construction reported in the results.
Data Center Hosting, the legacy crypto-mining , grew 7% to $154.4M and one customer accounted for 93% of FY2025 revenue; this year one HPC customer was 59% of revenue and the sole hosting customer 25%, so customer concentration persisted rather than abated.
remained deeply negative at $2,776.1M for FY2025 and the table shows Q2 FY2026 free cash flow of -$1,156.5M, continuing the construction-funded cash burn even as turned positive at the annual level.
What to watch
Recurring HPC Hosting rental beyond tenant fit-out work as Polaris Forge 1 fully energizes and additional hyperscaler leases are signed.
Court ruling on the motion to dismiss the McConnell securities class action and any stated loss estimate.
Quarterly operating loss trend as and fit-out costs scale with Polaris Forge 1 and later campuses.
Next-period Data Center Hosting profit and as the HPC fit-out mix shifts and the legacy customer contract runs down.
The company controls power-advantaged sites and uses a standardized, repeatable AI factory design to deploy liquid-cooled capacity in approximately 14 to 18 months.
It is developing a pipeline of over 3 GW of active and more than 5 GW of extended utility power to support future HPC leasing.
The legacy Data Center Hosting Business operates 286 MW of capacity in North Dakota and is expected to decline in relative significance.
Applied Digital faces material risks from capital-intensive growth, significant customer concentration, and evolving regulatory and trade environments.
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The company requires substantial additional capital to fund data center campus construction and may be unable to access it on acceptable terms, potentially impairing growth.
Significant customer concentration exists, with one HPC Hosting customer accounting for 59% of and the sole Data Center Hosting customer for 25%, creating material dependency.
Changes in U.S. trade policy, including tariffs, could increase costs and delay procurement of electrical infrastructure and construction materials for HPC and AI facilities.
The evolving regulatory landscape for AI and cryptoassets could adversely affect customers and the company's business, potentially limiting or preventing generation.
The company consolidates ChronoScale's financial results, and any delays or inaccuracies in ChronoScale's reporting could cause material misstatements in Applied Digital's financial statements.
Operations are substantially concentrated in North Dakota, exposing the company to state-specific regulatory, market, and natural disaster risks.
We lease office space located in Dallas, Texas for our principal offices. In addition, we lease office and warehouse space in Irving, Texas to support our operations. We own our Polaris Forge and Delta Forge data centers, including the land on which such data centers are located…
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We lease office space located in Dallas, Texas for our principal offices. In addition, we lease office and warehouse space in Irving, Texas to support our operations.
We own our Polaris Forge and Delta Forge data centers, including the land on which such data centers are located in North Dakota and Louisiana. See Item 1. Business for further descriptions of our facilities and sites.
ChronoScale leases office space in Menlo Park, California for its principal offices. ChronoScale also leases data center colocation space in Colorado, Utah, and Minnesota to support its operations.
We believe that our leased and owned facilities are adequate to support our near-term business needs and that should it be needed, suitable additional or alternative space will be available to support our operations.
Two securities and derivative lawsuits allege misleading statements; one is stayed pending dismissal ruling, the other dismissed without prejudice.
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A putative securities class action (McConnell v. Applied Digital) alleges false or misleading statements about data center profitability, cloud transition, and board independence under NASDAQ rules.
The securities lawsuit is stayed and administratively closed as of September 2025 pending resolution of the defendants' motion to dismiss.
A derivative lawsuit (Weich v. Cummins) asserted breach of fiduciary duty, corporate waste, and unjust enrichment based on similar allegations.
The derivative lawsuit was in June 2024 for failure to plead or a breach claim; plaintiff has not yet refiled.
The Company cannot estimate a loss range and states an adverse outcome could be material to results of operations if it becomes probable and estimable.
As of May 31, 2026, no other pending or threatened lawsuits are expected to have a material adverse effect on consolidated operations.
Revenue surged 167% to $611M driven by new HPC hosting operations, though GAAP net loss widened on heavy stock-based compensation.
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Total rose to $611.3M in FY2026 from $228.6M, fueled by $385.3M from the newly operational HPC Hosting Business at Polaris Forge 1.
Data Center Hosting grew 7% to $154.4M on improved performance, while ChronoScale cloud revenue fell 15% to $71.6M due to lower service rates.
operating loss deepened to $236.5M from $72.2M, primarily due to a $198.3M surge in and a $59.7M loss on cloud assets reclassified from held-for-sale.
, excluding ChronoScale and non-recurring items, improved sharply to $107.2M from $19.6M, with an 11% adjusted .
Cash provided by operations turned positive at $89.7M; financing activities raised $6.9B through subsidiary note offerings and equity, funding $2.9B in .
Liquidity remains robust with $4.2B in cash and restricted cash, supported by $1.8B from a Macquarie unit purchase agreement and $2.1B in 6.750% .
Applied Digital's FY2026 financials show a net loss of $184.3M on $611.3M revenue, with assets surging to $9.9B driven by data center construction financing.
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Total grew 167% to $611.3M, driven by $496.6M in services and $114.7M in new data center rental revenue from HPC hosting.
Total assets ballooned to $9.9B from $1.9B, primarily due to $4.2B in property and equipment and $4.0B in cash and restricted cash from massive debt and equity raises.
The company reported a net loss of $184.3M, impacted by a $59.7M loss on a failed held-for-sale classification of its cloud business and $332.1M in SG&A, including $220.1M in .
increased to $5.0B, including $2.35B in 9.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 and $2.15B in 6.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2031, to fund data center construction.
A $1.8B investment from Macquarie Asset Management into a subsidiary (TopCo 2) was recorded as a , with $163.3M in related recognized.
The company reorganized from three to two reportable segments—Data Center Hosting and HPC Hosting—after contributing its Cloud Services Business to a new public entity, ChronoScale.