Map / Provinces / NT

Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories Power Corporation; diesel and hydro mixed grid, no unified territorial grid connecting all communities

Not a viable near-term data centre jurisdiction: roughly two-thirds diesel generation, no surplus firm hydro capacity, and no data centre policy of any kind.

The record

Interconnection

There is no data centre connection process, tariff, or policy in the Northwest Territories.

Tariff

No tariff or policy exists for data centres.

Years to grid power

n/a, no relevant process or surplus capacity exists

Years behind the fence

n/a, not addressed in sourced material

Basis for those years

Diesel is roughly 68% of NWT installed generating capacity, while actual 2021 generation was about 47% petroleum and 36% hydroelectric. No data centre load, policy, or connection process identified.

Dated events

• 2024-01-01 Canada Energy Regulator's territorial energy profile documents NWT's generation mix.

Record updated 2026-08-01. Corrections: sam@mccordinvestments.com