Alberta’s government is proposing amendments to Bill 8 that would give the province more flexibility in how large-load users — including AI data centres — connect to the grid. The changes would allow certain projects to pursue self-supply or bilateral power arrangements, opening a potential path for new data centre development despite current grid-capacity constraints.   For Calgary and the surrounding region, these changes could be significant. Data centres require high-load

As Alberta accelerates efforts to become a global hub for artificial intelligence data centres, a major proposal just hit a local...

The Government of Alberta has unveiled a new levy framework for large-scale, grid-connected AI data centres: 2% hardware levy effective...

Alberta has unveiled a new levy targeting large-scale, grid-connected data centres consuming 75 megawatts (MW) or more. Starting December...

This is to help pay down debt from its $26B Shaw acquisition. The Tier 2 and 3 facilities—offering up to 49MW of capacity—will continue...