Beacon Heartland AI Hub
Beacon’s largest northern site, a few kilometres from the Meta campus.
Electrical demand
800 MW
On-site natural gas
Capital cost
Not published
per provincial inventory
Operator
Beacon AI Centers
AI / high-performance computing
Last verified
September 22, 2026
Primary-source record
What we know
- Power
- On-site natural gas. Proposes 920 MW of its own natural gas generation in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland.
- Timeline
- Proposed; in the Alberta Major Projects Inventory.
- In perspective
- Enough for ~973,600 homes · 6.5% of Alberta's record peak · 0.7× Calgary's average draw
Government of Alberta inventory
How the province lists this project in its Major Projects Inventory, refreshed daily.
- Listed as:
- Beacon Heartland AI Data Centre Hub
- Stage:
- Proposed
- Cost:
- $13 billion
- Schedule:
- 2026
- Developer:
- Beacon Data Centers
What has changed
November 3, 2026 · provincial inventory
Province updated this project in its Major Projects Inventory
cost not listed → $13.0B
October 29, 2026 · provincial inventory
Province updated this project in its Major Projects Inventory
schedule not listed → 2026
Beacon Heartland AI Hub — questions people ask
Where is Beacon Heartland AI Hub?+
Beacon Heartland AI Hub is in Sturgeon County, in the Edmonton region of Alberta. Its status as of September 22, 2026 is proposed.
How much power will Beacon Heartland AI Hub use?+
Beacon Heartland AI Hub is planned at 800 MW of electrical demand. Running continuously, that is enough electricity for roughly 973,600 Alberta homes, or 6.5% of the province's all-time record peak demand of 12,384 MW.
Who is building Beacon Heartland AI Hub and how will it be powered?+
Beacon AI Centers (listed by the province as Beacon Data Centers). Power: on-site natural gas. Proposes 920 MW of its own natural gas generation in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland.