Map / AB
Verified 2026-08-01
Keephills Data Centre (Phase I)
CPP Investments / Brookfield (data centre); TransAlta (site and power provider) / Keephills, Parkland County, AB
In queue
230 MW
announced
0 MW
energized
None of it is drawing power yet.
- 2025-01-28 Filed with the operator 861 MW filed
- 2026-02-27 Announced
- 2027-01-01 In service
- Power path
- Hybrid
- Generation tech
- grid plus TransAlta on-site generation at Keephills power site
- Utility
- AESO
- Queue reference
- P3083 Keephills Data Centre Phase 1.1 (AESO, Wabamun planning area, 230 MW DTS, Active, first grid date 2027-01-01); P3152 Keephills Data Centre Phase 1.2 (165 MW DTS, ISD Under Review); P3095 Keephills Data Centre Phase 2 (466 MW DTS, ISD Under Review)
- Target online
- Not stated
- Announced
- 2026-02-27
- Verification
- multiple
- Coordinate
- 53.5667, -114.4667 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P3095 | [object Object] | 466 MW | No date | ISD Under Review |
| P3083 | [object Object][object Object] | 230 MW | 2027-01-01 | Active |
| P3152 | [object Object] | 165 MW | No date | ISD Under Review |
3 entries totalling 861 MW filed, against 230 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
- TransAlta Enters MOU for Data Centre Development at Keephills Site
- AESO Large Load Projects (programme landing page)
230 MW is the load AESO has on file for P3083 Keephills Phase 1.1, across two energization stages: 115 MW at 2027-01-01 and 115 MW at 2028-03-27. AESO names this as one of only two Phase 1 executed load contracts. This row covers Phase 1.1 only. The Keephills site carries two further AESO references that are not part of this capacity and are not yet tracked separately: P3152 Phase 1.2 at 165 MW and P3095 Phase 2 at 466 MW, both undated in ISD Under Review at the same Wabamun planning area. The data centre operator has not been named beyond the CPP and Brookfield partnership.
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