SAIDI / MAGA Westlock Cryptocurrency Facility

Approved configuration: 10 generators and 10 computing units. The AUC approved ten 900 kW Weichai natural-gas generators serving ten cryptocurrency data-centre units. The filing describes an isolated, off-grid?Non-grid-connected×The facility has no electrical connection to Alberta's interconnected grid and relies on supply available to the site.It does not directly draw from or send electricity to that grid. Power-plant approvals and local impacts can still matter.Learn more → arrangement with no electricity sales. [1][3] Public record

Approved generation: 9 MW natural gas. The approved plant consists of ten nominal 900 kW units. This is generation capacity, not a separately verified computing load or measured output. [1] Public record

Proposed gas source: F13447 at 10-33-59-27-W4M. SAIDI confirms that the existing MAGA-related wells, facility, and pipelines remain the only proposed supply. It identifies no alternative gas source. [3][5][8] Proponent statement

Fuel availability: Not established. A separate company, BLACK SEA AI (CANADA) LIMITED, is pursuing the oil-and-gas assets. No updated acquisition agreement has been executed. SAIDI acknowledges that an acquisition would not authorize operations or change the AER requirements. [5][6][7] Proponent statement

AER enforcement: MAGA operations suspended; abandonment ordered. The AER cited unpaid municipal taxes, AER and Orphan Well Association debt, remediation and pipeline issues, and other noncompliance in April 2026. In September 2026, it ordered MAGA to submit plans to abandon its wells, facilities, and pipelines and reclaim associated lands. [6][7] Public record

Cooling and site water: Not quantified. The reviewed power-plant and proceeding records do not establish the computing units' cooling method or total water demand. No inference is made from the gas-generation design. [1][5] ADCW context

Required mitigation: Two-metre berm not constructed. The approval requires an earth berm along three sides of the site and a completion letter before operation. The October 29 response confirms the berm remains unbuilt. [1][5] Public record

Construction sequence: County permission still required. SAIDI reports informal feedback that the berm may follow the building permit while the generators remain off. It expressly says this is not a release from the Stop Order. [5] Proponent statement

Contamination and remediation: Assessment incomplete. SAIDI says it is not aware of confirmed contamination in the power-plant footprint, but does not claim the site is contamination-free. PDSA fieldwork, the conservation and reclamation plan, security calculation, and environmental monitoring review remain incomplete. [5] Proponent statement

Treaty geography and consultation: Treaty 6 territory; project-specific positions not established. The legal location falls within Treaty 6 territory. Treaty geography does not establish consultation, consent, or the positions of potentially affected First Nations or Métis communities. The reviewed proceeding documents do not establish those positions on the transfer, extension, gas-asset transaction, or remediation work. [3][5][9] ADCW context

Installed equipment and unfinished work: Generators installed; project incomplete and not operating. SAIDI reports that the generating equipment is installed but shut down. The required noise berm and remaining construction are unbuilt, and work cannot proceed until County conditions and site restrictions are addressed. Installed equipment does not establish an operating power plant or data centre. [1][5] Proponent statement

Applicant schedule: December 31, 2026 construction target. The requested deadline is not an approved completion date. SAIDI separately targets March 31, 2027 for the gas-asset acquisition and April 2027 for operation, subject to regulatory requirements. [5] Proponent projection

Stop Order and DP 25-088: Outstanding. The applicants confirm that the site remains subject to the Stop Order. The draft Development Agreement is unsigned, reclamation security has not been posted, building and electrical permits are unresolved, and environmental plans remain under County review. [2][5] Proponent statement

Late AUC extension: Filed after the April 1, 2026 deadline. SAIDI acknowledges that regulatory responsibilities and deadlines were not adequately tracked or handed over. The September 27 application requests December 31, 2026; the reviewed record does not contain an AUC decision granting it. [3][5] Proponent statement

Approval transfer: Related to MAGA's regulatory and financial problems. SAIDI expressly links the transfer request to MAGA's oil-and-gas compliance issues, abandonment and reclamation requirements, and financial difficulties. The AER and OWA had not been specifically consulted about the power-plant transfer as of October 29, 2026. [5] Proponent statement

Orphan Well Association: Future involvement unresolved. The AER confirms MAGA owed OWA debt. SAIDI says it is not aware that F13447 has been designated for OWA management, but cannot rule out a future designation. OWA status should not be inferred from that qualified statement. [6][5] ADCW context

Approval ownership: Transfer to SAIDI requested. SAIDI says it funded and owns all power-plant equipment while MAGA owns none of those assets. The approval remains jointly held until the AUC decides whether MAGA may transfer its entire interest to SAIDI. [2][5] Proponent statement

Separate Edmonton claim: SAIDI says the advertised 15 MW project does not exist. After the AUC asked for the location, schedule, and approval, SAIDI said its website contained incorrect test information. No Edmonton legal location or AUC approval was supplied. [3][5] Proponent statement