Capital Power: Genesee DC1

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Prospective Expansion
Prospective future expansion capacity
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Capital Power: Genesee DC1

Short Code: Polaris Project
Utility Provider: AltaLink
Ownership: Capital Power owns the building.

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Site History

  • June 2024: Capital Power requests grid service for a data centre at Genesee.
  • March 2025: Leduc County makes information services a permitted use in the Genesee power project overlay.
  • 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.

Project Profile

  • Developer: Capital Power
  • Location: the southeast corner of Capital Power's land in the Genesee mine area, about 2 km northwest of Telfordville
  • Land: owned by Capital Power
  • Status: Proposed

Map and Nearby Locations

Genesee mine area, near Telfordville
Capital Power Sites
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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.
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.
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.

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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