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. Later phases may use the sections to the south. A development permit application is expected.
Site History
- October 2026: BGRE holds a public open house on the Boreal Technology Hub.
- February 2026: TransAlta, Brookfield and CPP Investments sign a memorandum of understanding for the campus.
- October 2025: TransAlta signs a grid contract for the first phase under the province's interim large-load allocation.
- September 2025: Parkland County approves the rezoning.
- July 2025: TransAlta applies to rezone about 3,000 acres around its Keephills and Sundance plants for data centres.