Alberta data centre project list

Municipal permit: Development Permit 26-DP-001 has been issued by the Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17. The separate AUC power-plant application remains under review.

Site and footprint: The filing places the project at 16-36-080-25 W4M on Crown land within an existing oil-and-gas leasehold. The environmental evaluation uses a conservative 4.7-hectare footprint and says 92.6% is previously disturbed.

Data-centre configuration: The noise assessment models nine enclosed data centres, each with cooling fans and transformers, operating with the nine proposed engines.

Requested schedule: Armada requests AUC approval in the fourth quarter of 2026, construction in the first quarter of 2027, and service in the third quarter of 2027. These are applicant targets, not regulator deadlines or confirmed milestones.

Draft environmental approval: The EPEA document filed as Appendix H is marked Draftv2. ADCW does not treat it as an issued Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act approval.

Air modelling: The applicant's model, using selective catalytic reduction on all nine engines, predicts nitrogen-dioxide concentrations below the applicable objectives. This is a modelled applicant result, not operating measurement data.

Other approvals: The application says Historical Resources Act clearance has been obtained. A Crown-land disposition remains required before construction, and the filed EPEA document is still a draft.

Closure security proposal: The filed estimate proposes financial assurance based on approximately CA$2.05 million for decommissioning and reclamation. Its amount, form, timing, and beneficiaries remain subject to final approval requirements.

Earlier filing deficiencies: In closing Application 30253-A001, the AUC identified inaccurate Crown-land information, incorrect distances to nearby First Nations communities, and an incomplete record on whether appropriate consultation had occurred. Both earlier closures allowed a future application and were not a permanent ban.

Gas-asset purchase and record: A court order approved Armada's asset purchase from Sequoia Resources, and the trustee certificate says the sale closed on April 1, 2025. Alberta's air-data portal separately lists Hoole South Sour Gas Plant, approval 10135, under Armada. These records establish an asset connection, not permission to build the data centre.

Larger ambitions: The 2025 council presentation described a 200 MW data-centre goal and a 1 GW power-generation goal. These remain expansion ambitions, not confirmed Hoole capacity, and are excluded from current totals.

Land-use approval: Bylaw 014-25 redesignated approximately 310 acres and added Data Centre Campus as a permitted use in the Business Park / Light Industrial district.

Approval boundary: The bylaw is land-use approval. It is not a development permit, servicing agreement, building permit, grid approval, or construction approval.

Municipal agreement: A comprehensive development agreement for municipal services and other matters is required as a condition of any development permit.

Federal principles: Beacon Data Centers is listed as a signatory to Canada's five responsible data-centre development principles. This is a company commitment, not a project approval or permit condition. What the five principles mean →

Environmental review: Site and habitat assessments were submitted. The amended plan records wetlands and mapped wildlife survey areas; further assessment and mitigation remain part of later approvals.

Planning decision: Foothills County passed Bylaws 05/2025, 06/2025, and 07/2025 on February 26, 2025, amending the area plan and land-use rules and redesignating the subject lands.

Development permit: The data centre campus remains a discretionary use. A complete application must address noise mitigation and monitoring, fire prevention, and emergency response.

Published building concepts differ: The municipal application and provincial registry describe the building program differently. ADCW does not publish a definitive building count pending a current project-specific design filing.

Federal principles: Beacon Data Centers is listed as a signatory to Canada's five responsible data-centre development principles. This is a company commitment, not a project approval or permit condition. What the five principles mean →

Federal principles: Beacon Data Centers is listed as a signatory to Canada's five responsible data-centre development principles. This is a company commitment, not a project approval or permit condition. What the five principles mean →

Federal principles: Beacon Data Centers is listed as a signatory to Canada's five responsible data-centre development principles. This is a company commitment, not a project approval or permit condition. What the five principles mean →

Federal principles: Beacon Data Centers is listed as a signatory to Canada's five responsible data-centre development principles. This is a company commitment, not a project approval or permit condition. What the five principles mean →

Planning decision: Council unanimously passed Bylaw 18-24 on December 10, 2024, changing 160 acres from Agricultural to Light Industrial.

Permit status: Leduc County's June 26, 2026 update said no data-centre development permits had been approved. No later project-specific approval was located.

Federal principles: Beacon Data Centers is listed as a signatory to Canada's five responsible data-centre development principles. This is a company commitment, not a project approval or permit condition. What the five principles mean →

Project name and developer: Parkland County now calls the former TransAlta Data Centre Application the Boreal Technology Hub. BGRE leads development on behalf of Brookfield and CPP Investments; an eventual data-centre operator has not been named.

Proposed site: The project team places Phase 1 on part of Section 25-51-4-W5M, south of the Keephills generating station. Sections 24 and 13 are possible later phases, not an approved layout.

Permission to build: The County's September 2026 update says it has not received development-stage applications. Land-use approval is not a development permit.

Timing: The August grid list shows two 115 MW stages for P3083, dated January 1, 2027, and March 27, 2028. These are connection-planning dates, not confirmed opening dates. Dates for the other two requests are under review.

Existing power plant: TransAlta lists 861 MW of existing gas-fired generation at Keephills. That is not new generation for this proposal, and the reviewed sources do not commit all of it to the data centre.

AESO queue status: AESO lists the 280 MW Alsike data-load request, P3153, as recently cancelled. The separate gas-generation request remains in the connection process, and the corporate development framework has not been publicly withdrawn.

Location evidence: KALiNA identifies Alsike with the Warburg area, and AESO assigns the related requests to Brazeau County. The provincial map point is approximate, so it should not be read as a confirmed parcel or street address.

AESO queue status: AESO lists the 280 MW Myers data-load request, P3155, as recently cancelled. The separate gas-generation request remains in the connection process, and the corporate development framework has not been publicly withdrawn.

Location evidence: KALiNA identifies Myers with the Lacombe area, and AESO assigns the related requests to Red Deer County. The provincial map point is approximate, so it should not be read as a confirmed parcel or street address.

Province-wide program: Alberta Major Projects identifies four Phase 1 regions: Olds, Bonnyville, Calgary, and Edmonton, with about 240 MW and CA$1.26 billion combined. It does not assign a capacity or investment amount to Bonnyville.

Schedule claim: The provincial listing says construction on the Bonnyville facility is expected in 2027. This is a projected schedule, not evidence of an approved site or construction start.

Calgary and Edmonton: The same program also names Calgary and Edmonton regions. ADCW is retaining those as research leads until a site-level identity, capacity, land record, permit, or municipal application is found.

Municipal status: Data District Inc. has purchased land in Olds and is working with Invest Olds on early planning and site readiness. As of August 28, 2026, the Town reports that no formal development or regulatory application has been submitted.

Phase 1 program: Alberta Major Projects describes Olds as the first of four Phase 1 regional projects, followed by Bonnyville, Calgary, and Edmonton, with about 240 MW and CA$1.26 billion combined. The 55 MW figure in this record applies to Olds; ADCW does not divide the remaining program capacity among the other regions without site-level evidence.

Application parties: The City identifies Stantec Consulting Ltd. as the applicant acting on behalf of Walton Global Investments Ltd. Walton's role in this application does not establish it as the future data-centre operator.

Planning area: The application would move about 625 acres, converted from the City's 253-hectare figure, from the Petrochemical Precinct to the Medium Industrial Precinct. This is the proposed land-use change area, not a confirmed building footprint.

Proposed policy changes: The application would add data centres and associated power-generation facilities to the Medium Industrial Precinct's vision and allowable uses. It would also limit the plan's eco-industrial principles, intended to reduce industrial development's environmental effects, to the Petrochemical Precinct. These are requested changes, not adopted policy.

Current land-use rules: The City says large-scale AI data centres are not currently allowed in the Medium Industrial Precinct. Data centres and power generation are already permitted uses in the separate Petrochemical Precinct and its associated zone; those rules do not establish approval for this proposal.

Public participation: Online engagement runs from September 28, 2026, to October 25, 2026. The City accepts questions and comments through its engagement page or the project planner listed there. Feedback will inform the planning review and a What We Heard report for Council. A public hearing date has not yet been set on the page. Published agendas can be checked through the City's Council and Committee Meetings calendar.

Further approvals: An area structure plan sets the broad pattern of development. If Council approves this amendment, the applicant would still need a rezoning and zoning-text amendment, with further engagement and another public hearing, followed by the necessary development permits and applicable provincial approvals. The current application is not permission to construct or operate a data centre or power plant.

What remains unknown: The reviewed City page does not establish the future operator or tenants, data-centre power demand, generation capacity or fuel, grid connection, cooling technology, water demand, building count or footprint, or construction and operating dates. No project-specific Alberta Utilities Commission or Alberta Electric System Operator identifier is established by that page.

Location evidence: The City lists 20411, 21103, 21104, and 21150 34 Street NW, plus 21103 and 21603 50 Street NW. The approximate marker represents 21150 34 Street NW, one of the listed application addresses. It represents the planning area, not a confirmed building location or the boundary of all six application parcels.

Conditional acquisition: Announced September 29, 2026, the share-purchase agreement is dated September 23, 2026. FingerMotion would acquire 100% of Newbit, not outright ownership of the leased land. The outside closing date is October 29, 2026.

Existing site rights and permits: FingerMotion reports an Eastern Irrigation District surface lease, Development Permit 2022055, building/electrical permits, environmental approval, and an Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) Rule 007 registration. ADCW has not reviewed the underlying authorizations.

Fixed infrastructure: The disclosed package includes gas pipeline/metering infrastructure, a Canadian Natural Resources Limited road-use agreement, and fixed site works. These do not establish construction of the proposed AI/HPC facility.

Gas supply and closing conditions: The prior gas contract ended after gas offtake ceased. A replacement agreement with Pivotal Energy Partners, Pivotal consent, Eastern Irrigation District consent, and remaining due diligence are closing conditions.

Replacement generation: FingerMotion says any AUC approval for changed generating units is its post-closing responsibility. The acquisition does not itself establish operating generation or contracted computing revenue.

Broader Alberta program: On September 15, 2026, FingerMotion said it was advancing ten separate 9.9 MW sites across Brooks, Coronation, Fox Creek, and Vulcan. The company reports 99 MW of gross generation and approximately 72 MW of aggregate continuous critical IT capacity, but does not say how many sites are assigned to each campus.

Development sequence: FingerMotion targets permits for all ten sites by the end of the first quarter of 2027, first energization beginning in late fourth quarter 2026, and data-hall turnover about 18 months after each permit. These are company targets, not completed milestones.

Ownership and customer status: FingerMotion says each site has a dedicated Alberta project company that would hold the land, permits, and site agreements, while BlueFlare would develop, build, and operate the sites. FingerMotion also says no customer offtake agreement has been executed.

Separate Hanna site: FingerMotion identifies Hanna Campus #1 as a second site within its Brooks Zone. The binding Hanna land letter of intent is separate from the first Brooks site, and the company expects both purchases to close in October 2026. Neither closing has been confirmed.

Program-wide customer interest: On September 24, 2026, FingerMotion reported nonbinding indications of interest for up to 52.5 MW across its Alberta program. This is not a signed customer contract or a Brooks-specific demand figure.

County-wide land use rules: The County of Newell held a public hearing on proposed Bylaw 2129-26 on September 10, 2026, and listed a petition about it on its September 24, 2026 Council agenda. ADCW has not verified final adoption. The proposed rules concern future applications across the County, not a permit or decision for FingerMotion's Brooks site.

Land agreement: The purchase agreement was executed September 30, 2026 and announced October 1, 2026. It provides 60 days for due diligence, including financing, utilities, zoning, and permits. Closing is scheduled 30 days after conditions are waived; completed ownership is not confirmed.

Broader program: The October 1, 2026 disclosure describes Hanna as additional to the previously announced 99 MW Alberta program, superseding the earlier description of Hanna within that program. This is a company portfolio statement, not approved capacity.

Customer interest: On September 24, 2026, FingerMotion reported nonbinding indications of interest for up to 52.5 MW across the Alberta program. It said no customer offtake agreement had been signed. The figure is neither Hanna-specific nor contracted demand.

What remains unconfirmed: No completed land purchase, municipal development permit, power-plant approval, executed customer contract, project financing, construction, or operating milestone has been confirmed.

Municipal proposal: The plan seeks to redesignate a 1.8-hectare part of LSD 12, SE 35-26-25-W4M from Agricultural, General to a site-specific Direct Control District. Rocky View County lists the plan as proposed and not final.

AUC filing history: Proceedings 30385, 30476, and 30709 each concerned a 19.95 MW plant near Gayford. The AUC closed all three without prejudice after identifying numerous Rule 007 information deficiencies; it did not decide the project merits.

Third application: Application 30709-A001 was registered on April 8, 2026 and closed on May 7, 2026. The regulator cited deficiencies involving environmental evaluation, wildlife, emergency response, Indigenous consultation information, and participant involvement.

Data-processing scope: The municipal plan describes co-located modular data containers but does not identify a customer, installed computing hardware, specific workload, or data-centre electrical load.

Why the figures differ: The 1.5 GW figure describes requested grid-load stages. The approximately 500 MW figure describes existing generation Capital Power says could be available. They measure different things and cannot be added together.

Mixed-use limitation: The 3 GW power claim covers both AI and Bitcoin operations. ADCW does not treat it as 3 GW of data centre demand or add it to province-wide AI totals.

Municipal application: D26-087 is a discretionary-use application. The September 9, 2026 agenda recommends approval, but the reviewed package does not include the Municipal Planning Commission's decision or an issued permit.

Power approval: AUC Proceeding 30521 approved five Caterpillar G3520 natural-gas engines with 8.40 MW total generating capability on February 12, 2026.

Existing industrial site: The proposed data centre would occupy an existing oil-and-gas lease site with a multi-well battery, compressor station, generation equipment, and related infrastructure.

Crown disposition: DLO260092 authorizes overlapping rural commercial cryptocurrency activity from June 15, 2026 to January 22, 2044, subject to its terms and the underlying disposition.

Disturbance: The municipal package says all equipment would remain inside the existing lease and no additional clearing is proposed. The survey identifies a 0.248-hectare cryptocurrency site with no new-cut disturbance.

Other provincial approvals: Greenview staff cite Alberta Energy Regulator facility licence amendment F53063. The AUC decision separately said construction could not start until the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act industrial application was approved; the reviewed sources do not confirm that later approval.

Full-build concept: Up to 7.1 million square feet across three phases, with a projected 30-year operating life.

Proposed investment: Up to CA$15 billion for the data centre and CA$5 billion for associated power generation.

Employment claims: Emerald projects data-centre staffing beginning around 300 and growing to 700, while Alberta Major Projects reports 300 to 500 long-term data-centre jobs.

Federal principles: Sovereign Digital Infrastructure, identified in the project's federal filing as its 49 per cent owner, is listed as a signatory to Canada's five responsible data-centre development principles. This is a company commitment, not a project approval or permit condition. What the five principles mean →

Municipal status: The County held a public hearing on Bylaw 2129-26 on September 10, 2026, when its agenda also listed the bylaw for second reading. Its September 24, 2026 Council agenda listed a petition about the bylaw but no third reading. The County still labels the bylaw proposed; ADCW has not verified final adoption. These County-wide rules would not approve P3109, and no project-specific development application has been confirmed.

Location lead: Local reporting places the prospective site near Highway 36 and Silver Sage Road on approximately 500 hectares of Eastern Irrigation District land. ADCW has not found a primary project record confirming the parcel, so no map marker is published.

Workload gap: AESO identifies a data-load request but does not disclose the intended computing workload. No public source reviewed by ADCW identifies an AI, high-performance computing, cryptocurrency, or mixed-use allocation.

Opening date remains unconfirmed: The company website still carries a Q2 2026 opening target in its page description. That date has passed. No municipal permit, energization record, or direct operating announcement was located in the September 11 review; the target is not evidence that Phase 1 opened.

What 50 MW means: The company's current roadmap starts with a 2 MW retrofit and expands across five phases, including a nearby second site. The 50 MW total is a future target, not capacity verified in service.

Community benefit discussions: Strathmore's Q3 2025 report records discussions about Phase 3 and a possible annual community donation versus a special tax. This establishes municipal engagement, not a signed benefit agreement, permit, or proof that earlier phases opened.

Investment structure: Jet.AI's SEC financial statement says it invested US$1.75 million through SG Canada InvestCo LLC. Jet.AI owns 60% of InvestCo, and the investment implies InvestCo holds approximately 26% of StratGrid on a fully vested basis.

Land control: Jet.AI says StratGrid controls several hundred acres of freehold land across Project Wheatland and a second Southern Alberta site. The Wheatland parcel, civic address, legal land description, and municipal planning file have not been disclosed.

Larger scale claims: The companies describe Project Wheatland as expandable beyond 1 GW and the two-site Alberta platform as capable of more than 2 GW over time. These are long-term company ambitions, not approved capacity, and are excluded from ADCW's headline totals.

Regulatory stage: StratGrid says AUC and Alberta Environment and Protected Areas pre-application work has begun and lists future provincial filings in its development schedule. ADCW has not verified a filed project application or authorization.

Concept footprint: About 8 million square feet across 20 to 30 data centre buildings

Phasing concept: Four potential 500 MW phases

Judicial review: A July 22, 2026 application challenges the rezoning process. The allegations have not been adjudicated, and the matter is scheduled for September 29, 2026.

Map location: The ADCW map shows the approximate Junction 42 business park area. The marker does not identify Lot 24 boundaries or the proposed building location.

Land and planning process: The County owns Lot 24 and says the purchase agreement requires it to apply for rezoning. A public hearing is required; rezoning approval is not confirmed.

Public participation: The County says residents can provide written input or attend the public hearing in person, by telephone, or by video. Hearing details will be advertised. The developer is expected to hold at least one local open house; a date is not confirmed.

Separate approvals: If rezoning succeeds, a data centre would be a permitted use under Medium Industrial rules. The County explicitly says rezoning does not approve all development aspects; provincial regulatory approvals may also be required.

Proposed investment: Approximately $300 million, according to Red Deer County. This is an estimate for the intended development, not confirmed spending.

Developer planning targets: Wave targets approximately 5 MW for computing equipment and 7–8 MW for the facility overall. These figures are not additive, approved supply, or measured use. Wave says the targets depend on engineering, approvals, and delivery, with facility power subject to final design reconciliation.

Target opening: Wave targets commercial operation in the first quarter of 2028 (January–March 2028). This is a conditional planning target, not a confirmed opening or construction schedule.

Estimated build-phase roles: Wave estimates 90–100 direct and indirect roles supporting construction and local services, subject to project development. This does not establish permanent employment or guaranteed local hiring.

Site area: Wave describes approximately 12 acres. The County's conceptual parcel map lists Lot 24 at 13.46 acres; the sources do not reconcile the difference. Neither figure verifies a final building footprint.

Information gaps: Power supply, cooling-water needs, sound at nearby communities, permits, and construction timing remain unverified. Wave's location schematic is not a legal survey or approved site plan, and its building rendering is a concept.

Job estimates conflict: The developer projects 200–300 ongoing jobs and 975–2,100 construction jobs. Alberta Major Projects labels the larger range as operations jobs; the difference remains unresolved.

Public review: The County says a Council public hearing remains part of the planning process. Approval of terms of reference did not approve the data centre.