Alberta data centre project list

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 →

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gas-generation request remains in the connection process, and the corporate development framework has not been publicly withdrawn.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gas-generation request remains in the connection process, and the corporate development framework has not been publicly withdrawn.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 253 hectares, about 625 acres, from the Petrochemical Precinct to the Medium Industrial Precinct. Stantec describes the area statistics as preliminary, subject to further studies. This is a proposed planning designation change, not a confirmed building footprint.

Proposed policy changes: The application would allow data centres and associated power generation in the Medium Industrial Precinct. It would limit the area structure plan's eco-industrial policies, intended to reduce environmental effects and improve resource efficiency, to the Petrochemical Precinct. These changes have not been adopted.

Proposed design-guideline exemption: Stantec's September 17, 2026 amendment report would exempt data centres and associated uses, including power generation, from the plan's Section 10 design guidelines. It points instead to the applicable zoning regulations. The report would encourage eco-industrial principles elsewhere in the park while limiting their policy application to the Petrochemical Precinct.

No replacement policies proposed: The City's project team says the applicant has proposed no replacement policies or guidelines for the eco-industrial provisions. Administration is reviewing the effects of removing those policies and design guidelines. The City says they are implemented through Section 3.50 of the Zoning Bylaw; if those regulations were removed through a future zoning amendment, the general zoning regulations would still apply. The current proposal does not remove all development requirements.

Current land-use rules: The City says large-scale data centres remain Major Industrial uses; this application does not propose changing that classification. They are not currently allowed in the Medium Industrial Precinct or its associated Medium Industrial Zone, known as EETIM. Data centres and power generation are already permitted uses in the separate Petrochemical Precinct and its associated zone. Those rules do not approve this proposal.

Risk buffers and river valley: Administration is still evaluating how the proposal would affect the risk buffer around industrial development. The City says no change is proposed to the North Saskatchewan River Valley Area Redevelopment Plan. That does not resolve the buffer review or establish approval of a particular building location.

Public participation: The City lists September 28, 2026 through October 25, 2026 for this round of online engagement, through its engagement page or the file planner listed there. Feedback is to be summarized in a What We Heard report for Council. As of October 25, 2026, the page does not list a Council public hearing date. That later hearing is a separate opportunity to participate; check the City's page and Council calendar for updates.

Further approvals: This is a change to broad planning policy, not an application to build a specific facility. If approved, a separate EETIM zoning-text amendment and any necessary rezoning would still require technical review, further public input, and Council consideration at a public hearing. Development permits and applicable utility and provincial approvals would follow. No construction or operating permission is established here.

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.

Proposed corporate merger: On October 29, 2026, FingerMotion announced a non-binding term sheet to combine with BlueFlare Group Holdings. BlueFlare shareholders and certain management/advisory parties would hold approximately 80% of the combined company, proposed to become BlueFlare Inc. with ticker BFLR. A definitive agreement, financing, shareholder approvals, and regulatory and market approvals remain conditions.

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. The September 24, 2026 disclosure reported program-wide, non-binding customer interest. The October 15, 2026 release adds written expressions of interest specifically for Brooks Campus #1, still without establishing a signed customer contract.

Separate Hanna site: The October 1, 2026 disclosure describes Hanna as additional to the earlier 99 MW program, replacing its earlier inclusion within the Brooks Zone. Hanna has a separate conditional purchase agreement and the GENIUSpark venture announced October 27, 2026. Neither site acquisition is confirmed as closed.

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.

Grid-supply descriptions: On September 21, 2026, FingerMotion described 3 MW as available under an agreement with the Town of Hanna. Its October 27, 2026 release identifies ATCO as the proposed supplier and leaves a grid connection agreement as a closing condition. The releases do not reconcile those descriptions; ADCW does not treat the connection as secured.

GENIUSpark venture: The September 21, 2026 release described Hanna Campus #1 Inc. as wholly owned by FingerMotion. The October 27, 2026 agreements introduce GENIUSpark Alberta with proposed ownership of 51% FingerMotion and 49% Genius Group, alongside BlueFlare infrastructure work. This does not establish a completed ownership transfer.

Cost and financing: Estimated cost: $24.3 million, targeting $14.4 million in project debt and $9.9 million in equity. The release does not identify the currency. Financing is not secured.

Company schedule: The October 1, 2026 release placed construction after land closing and permit approval, without a calendar start date. The October 27, 2026 release targets December 2026 construction and first computing operations in the second quarter of 2027. Those conditions remain; the dates are targets.

Proposed corporate merger: On October 29, 2026, FingerMotion announced a non-binding BlueFlare combination. BlueFlare shareholders and certain management/advisory parties would hold approximately 80% of the combined company. The proposed BlueFlare Inc. name and BFLR ticker depend on completion.

Land agreement: The agreement to acquire approximately 20.2 acres at 409 Pioneer Trail South 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: The October 27, 2026 release leaves land closing, the grid connection, financing, and regulatory approvals conditional; customer contracts are not yet in place. Construction and operation remain unconfirmed.

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 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.

Application date: July 30, 2026, as recorded in AESO's September 2026 report.

Target service date: July 15, 2028, for the AESO grid request; not a confirmed data-centre opening date.

Existing facility: AESO identifies Slave Lake Pulp with facility code 844S. Millar Western Forest Products Ltd. operates the pulp mill; this does not identify the data-centre proponent.

Municipal discussion: The draft August 27, 2026 minutes record COW 076-26 directing Administration to add Data Centers to a future Committee of the Whole meeting. The motion does not identify P3236 or approve this project.

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.

Map location: The proposed site is within SW-5-37-27-W4M at Junction 42. The map marker remains approximate and does not show the proposed parcel boundaries or building location.

Land and planning process: The County owns Lot 24 and says the purchase agreement requires it to apply for rezoning. Bylaw 1031/2026-A would amend the Junction 42 Local Area Structure Plan, while Bylaw 1002/2026-K would rezone approximately 13.82 acres within SW-5-37-27-W4M from Agricultural to Medium Industrial. Both changes remain proposed.

Public participation: The joint public hearing is November 17, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at the Red Deer County Centre, with telephone and video participation available through the official notice. Written submissions received by November 6, 2026 will be published in the agenda; late submissions will be circulated to Council and the public. 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: The hearing notice identifies a 13.82-acre rezoning area and a proposed 11.48-acre parcel for subdivision and sale within SW-5-37-27-W4M. These describe different planning areas, not the building footprint. Wave describes approximately 12 acres, while the County's earlier conceptual parcel map lists Lot 24 at 13.46 acres; the sources do not explain how that earlier figure relates to the proposed parcel.

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.