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Genesee mine area, near Telfordville
Prospective Expansion
Prospective future expansion capacity
Operated by:
Capital Power: Genesee DC1
Campus:
Capital Power: Genesee Campus
Short Code: Polaris Project
Utility Provider: AltaLink
Ownership: Capital Power
owns the building.
Sites on this Campus:
Capital Power has proposed a hyperscale data centre on the southeast corner of its land in the Genesee mine area, beside the Genesee Generating Station and about 2 km northwest of Telfordville in Leduc County. The company says it is not advancing the project immediately.
Site History
- December 2025: The project receives no allocation in the provincial grid's first round for large data centres; Capital Power says it will pursue the next round.
- March 2025: Leduc County makes information services a permitted use in the Genesee power project overlay.
- June 2024: Capital Power requests grid service for a data centre at Genesee.
Map and Nearby Locations
Genesee mine area, near Telfordville
Capital Power Sites
Nearby Facilities
Sites within 15 miles of Capital Power: Genesee DC1
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 0.29 miles | Capital Power: Genesee DC2 |
The second phase of Capital Power's proposed data centre beside the Genesee Generating Station in Leduc County, west of Edmonton.
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| 9.70 miles | KALiNA: Alsike Energy Park |
KALiNA Distributed Power planned the Alsike Energy Park, a 160-acre gas-fired power and data centre site in Leduc County, southwest of Edmonton. KALiNA withdrew the data centre load in 2026 and kept the gas plant in development.
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| 13.66 miles | TransAlta: Keephills Campus |
Boreal Technology Hub is a planned AI data centre campus directly south of TransAlta's Keephills Generating Station in Parkland County, west of Edmonton. BGRE is developing it for Brookfield and CPP Investments, with TransAlta providing the site and power.
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Operating Company
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Capital Power (TSX: CPX) is a growth-oriented power producer with approximately 12 GW of power generation capacity across 32 facilities and various battery energy storage sites throughout North America. The company prioritizes the safe delivery of reliable and affordable power, the development of lower-carbon power systems, and the creation of balanced solutions for the energy future.
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