What the feature covers
In this BrightTALK feature, industry leaders discuss what it takes to bring a 100 MW AI factory from blueprint to reality. The conversation offers a front-row look at Applied Digital's AI data center campus in Ellendale, North Dakota, as it broke ground, and the coordination that projects at this scale demand.
Chris Schuler of Century Builders was featured in the discussion, joining Brad Barton of Applied Digital and Derek Hoeschen of McGough Construction. Together, the speakers explore the planning, site preparation, and contracting discipline behind large-scale AI infrastructure.
// Themes from the discussion //Topics explored
- Integrated planning across owner, contractor, and trade partners
- Sustainable site preparation at campus scale
- Precision contracting under aggressive schedules
- Bringing a 100 MW AI factory from blueprint to reality
- A front-row look at the Ellendale campus as it broke ground
The connection to our work
AI factories place extraordinary demands on construction coordination — power, cooling, structure, utilities, schedule, and safety all have to advance together. Discussions like this one underscore the field realities behind high-density compute infrastructure.
For Century Mission Critical, the themes in this conversation connect directly to the company's mission-critical construction experience and its work connected to the Ellendale AI data center.
