Applied Digital has partnered with ABB, a Swedish-Swiss electrical engineering corporation, to deploy medium voltage power infrastructure at its 400MW data center campus in Dickey County, North Dakota.

As part of the agreement, ABB will supply Applied with its HiPerGuard Medium Voltage Static Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). According to ABB, HiPerGuard provides data centers with increased power density while compressing electrical plant footprints and increasing energy efficiency.

“What we are building with ABB is going to completely change the way our industry designs large-scale data centers. By leveraging ABB’s cutting-edge technology and global reach, we are able to redefine the electrical infrastructure landscape and meet the growing demands to support large-scale AI Factories,” said Todd Gale, chief development officer at Applied Digital.

The partnership will cover the complete design and development of the site’s electrical infrastructure, which ABB claims will be optimized to improve the efficiency and resilience of major AI facilities.

The deal will see the standard low-voltage power distribution and UPS systems replaced with medium-voltage systems. Doing so, ABB says, will enable data centers to scale more efficiently, expanding in 25MW blocks. The installation process will also be simplified due to fewer parts and cabling.

“Partnerships like this are accelerating the timeline for AI-ready data centers with more competitive, resilient power infrastructures. ABB’s technology is designed for peak performance with dedicated capacity across our global production network and industry-leading innovation. ABB teams are ready to deliver at scale and at speed,” said Massimiliano Cifalitti, smart power president, ABB Electrification.

Construction at Applied Digital’s Ellendale campus in Dickey County initially began in September 2022. The site was designed to have a capacity of 400MW, with the company claiming that it has more than 1GW of power capacity in various stages of load study.

Earlier this month, the company entered into two 15-year lease agreements with CoreWeave to deliver 250MW of IT load to the North Dakota campus. The deal is expected to net the company more than $7 billion over the course of the agreement. The first 100MW facility is expected to be made available to CoreWeave in Q4 2025, with the second 150MW data center – currently under construction – slated for mid-2026.