Beacon Hary Smith AI Hub

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Beacon Hary Smith AI Hub

Utility Provider: FortisAlberta

Site History

  • April 2024: Beacon AI Centers requests grid service for the Harry Smith AI Hub.
  • March 2025: Parkland County rezones the quarter section at Acheson for the data centre.
  • 2026: Beacon no longer lists the site among its campuses.

Project Profile

  • Developer: Beacon AI Centers
  • Location: SW-29-52-26-W4M, Acheson, Parkland County
  • Land: a conditional purchase agreement
  • Status: Proposed

Map and Nearby Locations

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1.60 miles Kyndryl: Edmonton (Acheson)
Kyndryl's Edmonton data centre in the Acheson Industrial Area, just west of Edmonton, is a standalone colocation and managed-hosting facility. IBM Canada built it as its Western Leadership Data Centre, and Kyndryl owns and runs it.
8.47 miles Qu DC: West Edmonton EDM2
Qu Data Centres' EDM2 is a colocation data centre in a converted industrial building in west Edmonton's Armstrong Industrial area. It was one of nine Rogers data centres sold to InfraRed Capital Partners in 2025.
10.56 miles 4WEB: Edmonton
4WEB runs a small colocation data centre in Nexus Business Park in northwest Edmonton, offering rack space, private lockers and per-U colocation.
12.97 miles Qu DC: Edmonton City Centre EDM1
Qu Data Centres' EDM1 is a colocation data centre on the third floor of Edmonton City Centre West in downtown Edmonton. It was one of nine Rogers data centres sold to InfraRed Capital Partners in 2025.
13.02 miles ThinkTel Communications Edmonton
ThinkTel, an Edmonton-founded business phone and internet carrier, ran a colocation room in HSBC Place in downtown Edmonton. ThinkTel now lists three colocation sites, none in Edmonton.
13.05 miles Wolfpaw Edmonton
Wolfpaw's EDM1 is a carrier-neutral data centre on the third floor of Rice Howard Place in downtown Edmonton's financial core. It hosts the YEGIX internet exchange and Hurricane Electric's Edmonton node.
13.85 miles The Internet Centre
The Internet Centre runs a 3,000 sq ft colocation data centre in Strathcona Industrial Park on Edmonton's south side. The Edmonton internet provider opened colocation at the site in 2003.
19.39 miles Beacon Saunders Lake AI Hub
Beacon AI Centers proposed the Saunders Lake AI Hub in Leduc County, south of Edmonton. Leduc County rezoned the quarter section in 2024, but no development permit has followed.

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Venture capital firm Nadia Partners has officially launched its new data center vehicle, Beacon AI Centers.

Beacon is a data center development company focused on developing projects to power hyper-scale digital infrastructure projects (cloud and AI compute centers) in Canada.

Beacon's infrastructure developments aim to put Canada at the forefront of the AI and computing revolutions.

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