Vern Leads on Data Centers, Featured in ND Monitor Article
“Democratic-NPL candidate for agriculture commissioner Vern Thompson said he has been summoned, on multiple occasions, to Republican-dominant farming communities over the matter — including Ellendale, where Applied Digital has a campus.
Thompson doesn’t want to stop the tech industry from doing business in the state, but he said he wants to avoid the land becoming the “wild west.”
“The way things are going, people and property are going to be harmed,” he said. “We have to do it right.” “