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 →

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.

What the agreement covers: FingerMotion says the binding memorandum covers acquiring land rights and permitting. Completion remains subject to closing conditions, and the company says no site has been permitted.

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.

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.

Permission to build: The County's page, last updated March 4 and checked August 31, 2026, still 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.

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's proposed data centre rules are a framework for future applications. The County says the policy would not approve or authorize a data centre, and ADCW has not confirmed a project-specific development application for P3109.

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.

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.