Genesee Data Centre

Capital Power / Genesee, Leduc County, AB

Filed for connection

1.5 GW

announced

0 MW

energized

None of it is drawing power yet.

Capital Power proposes a data centre of up to 1,500 MW at its Genesee Generating Station, with a developer partner it has not named. It did not get enough power under AESO's first round and is waiting on the second. AESO has two requests on file, 1,000 MW and 500 MW, with no in-service date.

2024-06-26 Filed with the operator 1,500 MW filed
2025-07-30 Announced
No date In service the operator has set no date

Power path: Grid
Setup: Next to the Genesee gas plant
Utility: AESO
Connection request: AESO P2942 Genesee Data Center 1 MPC Load (1,000 MW), P2946 Genesee Data Center 2 MPC Load (500 MW)
Target online: Not stated
Announced: 2025-07-30

Filed with the system operator

From AESO's connection list.

Reference	Stage	Filed	In service	Status
P2942	EN1	1,000 MW	No date	No date yet
P2946	EN1	500 MW	No date	No date yet

2 entries, 1,500 MW in total.

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Sources

Proposed Genesee Data Centre Project Update 2025-12-01
AESO Connection Project List, October 2026 2026-10-01
Capital Power still waiting for Alberta data centre powering opportunity 2025-07-30

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Updated 2026-10-14.