Map / AB
Verified 2026-08-01
Bitdeer Fox Creek Facility
Bitdeer Technologies Group / Fox Creek, AB
Construction
101 MW
announced
0 MW
energized
None of it is drawing power yet.
- 2025-02-04 Announced
- 2025-08-28 Filed with the operator 0 MW filed
- 2027-08-06 In service
- 2027-Q2 Developer target stated by the developer, not a filed date
- Power path
- Behind the fence
- Generation tech
- natural gas power plant (101 MW, fully licensed/permitted; 101 MW AESO interconnection also approved)
- Utility
- AESO
- Queue reference
- P3141 Opal Data Load (AESO, Fox Creek planning area, Active, applied 2025-08-28; 0 MW DTS shown, consistent with off-grid/self-generation)
- Target online
- 2027-Q2
- Announced
- 2025-02-04
- Verification
- multiple
- Coordinate
- 54.4041, -116.7856 (town)
Filed with the system operator
What this project has on file with AESO, which is a different act from announcing it. Transcribed from AESO's published connection list.
| Reference | Stage | Filed | In service | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P3141 | [object Object] | Not stated | 2027-08-06 | Active |
One entry totalling 0 MW filed, against 101 MW announced. Why those two figures differ.
Getting power in Alberta
Courting load loudly while the near-term connection queue is already spoken for.
The full Alberta record, with the route to power, the binding constraint and every dated policy event.
Sources
- Bitdeer Announces Strategic Acquisition of 101 MW Site and Gas-fired Power Project in Alberta
- Bitdeer breaks ground on new energy and digital infrastructure facility in Alberta, Canada
- Bitdeer breaks ground on $155 million Alberta bitcoin mining site with 101 MW gas plant
- Bitdeer Crypto Mining Facility Fox Creek (Alberta Major Projects registry -- status confirmed 'Under Construction' via live fetch)
Originally Kiwetinohk Energy’s Opal gas-fired power project near Fox Creek, acquired by Bitdeer on 4 February 2025. Under construction, per the Alberta Major Projects registry and a June 2026 groundbreaking. AESO’s P3141 Opal Data Load, in the Fox Creek planning area, matches the Opal name. $155M total investment, 19-acre site. Energization targeted Q2 2027.
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Last verified 2026-08-01. Corrections: sam@mccordinvestments.com