Data District: Olds

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Data District: Olds

Utility Provider: FortisAlberta

Site History

December 2025: Data District announces a data centre in Olds as the first of four Alberta sites.

Project Profile

Developer: Data District
Power partner: Technologies New Energy
Status: Land acquired; no development application yet

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Southeast Industrial Park

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Sites within 15 miles of Data District: Olds

Distance	Site	About
1.76 miles	Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us	Carrier-Neutral Operator proposed a $10-billion AI data centre campus with an on-site gas power plant in Olds, Alberta. The Alberta Utilities Commission denied the power plant in August 2026, and Synapse said the project would not proceed as proposed.

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