Malachite One Data Centre
A gigawatt-class gas-powered campus near Edson.
Electrical demand
930 MW
930 MW on-site generation plus a 74.9 MW grid tie
Capital cost
$20 billion
as announced
Operator
Emerald Energy Technologies
AI / high-performance computing
Last verified
September 22, 2026
Primary-source record
What we know
- Power
- Grid + on-site generation. 930 MW of natural gas generation with a small grid connection.
- Timeline
- Proposed; provincial inventory lists a 2030 completion.
- In perspective
- Enough for ~1,131,810 homes · 7.5% of Alberta's record peak · 0.8× Calgary's average draw
Malachite One Data Centre — questions people ask
Where is Malachite One Data Centre?+
Malachite One Data Centre is in Yellowhead County, in the Central Alberta of Alberta. Its status as of September 22, 2026 is proposed.
How much power will Malachite One Data Centre use?+
Malachite One Data Centre is planned at 930 MW of electrical demand (930 MW on-site generation plus a 74.9 MW grid tie). Running continuously, that is enough electricity for roughly 1,131,810 Alberta homes, or 7.5% of the province's all-time record peak demand of 12,384 MW.
Who is building Malachite One Data Centre and how will it be powered?+
Emerald Energy Technologies. Power: grid + on-site generation. 930 MW of natural gas generation with a small grid connection.