Map / AB

Verified 2026-08-01

Blindman Industrial Park AI Data Centre

Havenz Smart Communities (Havenz Corp) / Blindman Industrial Park, Red Deer County, AB (near Blackfalds)

Construction

Power path

Behind the fence

Generation tech

on-site heat and power plant (modular gas-fired generation)

Utility

Not stated

Queue reference

Not stated

Target online

2026

Announced

2025-10-07

Verification

multiple

Coordinate

52.3773, -113.7844 (region)

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

• Red Deer County approves data centre 2025-10-07
• Construction accelerates at AI data centre near Red Deer 2026-01-26
• Blindman Industrial Park AI Data Centre (Alberta Major Projects registry) 2026-01-26

Water-less, ultra-low-noise, minimal-staff facility on a 120-acre site. Phase 1 is 10 MW of on-site generation and a 10,800 sq ft modular data centre, targeted for completion in October 2026, and is the only stage with concrete sourcing. A 240 MW-plus figure has been discussed as a long-term buildout target rather than a current project size, so it is not counted here. CEO Sunny Sarpal.

Other tracked projects in Alberta

• Genesee Data Centre Project Capital Power · 1.5 GW · In queue
• Wonder Valley AI Data Centre Park (Phase 1) O'Leary Ventures · 1.4 GW · Announced
• Beacon AI Hub — Indus (with Indus Project Thermal Power Plant) Beacon AI Centers / Indus Power Generation LP · 1.2 GW · Announced
• Synapse Olds Data Centre Synapse Data Center Inc. · 1.0 GW · Announced
• Meta Data Center (Sturgeon County) Meta Platforms Inc. · 970 MW · In queue
• Beacon AI Centers — Heartland Project Thermal Power Plant Heartland Power Generation LP (Beacon AI Centers) · 800 MW · Announced
• Black Bear Power Project (data centre power supply) Teton Digital LLC (formerly Kiwetinohk Energy Corp.) · 466 MW · Announced
• Beacon AI Data Centre Hub - Chestermere Beacon Data Centres (Beacon AI) · 400 MW · In queue

Last verified 2026-08-01. Corrections: sam@mccordinvestments.com