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County of Newell, Alberta — Brooks–Tilley area

An off-grid, wellhead-adjacent gas-to-compute site on Canada's east–west arteries: the Trans-Canada Highway 1 and the CP Rail mainline, with Alberta SuperNet fiber passing nearby.

County of Newell, Alberta (Brooks–Tilley area)Project economics

Status

Approvals complete, Phase 1 operational, Phase 2 underway

Phase 2 rack build-out, compute commissioning and expansion are underway internally.

Completed

Government Approval

Land reclassification · Building permit · EA cleared

Operational

Phase 1 · Commissioned

Site · Power distribution · Generation online

In Progress

Phase 2 · Compute Hall

Rack build-out · Commissioning · Underway

County of Newell, Alberta

Location

Brooks–Tilley area · wellhead-adjacent

Technical & Construction Plan

30 × 400 kW skid-mounted gas gensets, replicated to scale

Phase 1 delivers 10 MW; Phase 2 replicates the same module to add +40 MW for a planned 50 MW total.

Phase 1 · nameplate

12 MW

30 × 400 kW gas gensets, 10 MW continuous COP.

Phase 2 · expansion

+40 MW

Same module replicated toward a planned 50 MW.

Generation

30 × 400 kW skid-mounted natural-gas generator sets — 12 MW nameplate, 10 MW continuous COP — deployed wellhead-adjacent for off-grid self-supply.

Emissions control

SCR/DOC emissions control on the generation fleet, delivered alongside cleared government EA, noise assessment and emissions compliance.

Electrical distribution

Switchgear and transformers for medium-voltage power distribution from the genset array into the compute halls.

Halls, cooling & fiber

Containerized air cooling or immersion cooling in modular compute halls, with Alberta SuperNet fiber access for connectivity.

Construction flow

  1. Step 1

    Gas assessment & purchase contract → land lease

  2. Step 2

    Municipal building permit & land reclassification → EA / noise / emissions compliance

  3. Step 3

    Site civil & electrical works → genset transport, install & power connection

  4. Step 4

    Data-center operations (ERP production safety, EMS emergency shutdown) → waste-heat recovery for green cultivation

Delivery cadence (equipment): after down payment and finalization, the first shipment begins in ~3 weeks, shipping weekly, with Phase 1 equipment delivered within ~4 weeks.

Development Timeline

Approvals → generation → rack build-out → commissioning → expansion

  1. Approvals complete

    Complete

    Land reclassification, municipal building permit and EA cleared.

  2. Generation operational

    Complete

    Phase 1 site, power distribution and generation online and commissioned.

  3. Rack build-out underway

    In progress

    Phase 2 compute hall rack build-out and equipment installation in progress.

  4. Commissioning

    In progress

    Compute commissioning and operations build-up (ERP safety plan / EMS shutdown).

  5. Expansion

    Planned

    Replicate the module to expand toward 50 MW; waste-heat circulation planned.

Construction progress detail

Work-item status as reported in the project overview.

  • Gas assessment, commercial negotiation, gas purchase contract signedDone
  • Land acquisition, land lease signedDone
  • Municipal building permit, land reclassificationDone
  • Government EA, noise assessment, emissions compliance, building permitDone
  • Phase 1 site design, civil & electrical works, interconnectionDone
  • Phase 1 genset installation & generation (commissioned)Done
  • Phase 2 rack build-out, compute equipment install & commissioningIn progress
  • Phase 2 expansion civil works & power-distribution build-outIn progress
  • Operations build-up (ERP safety plan / EMS shutdown)In progress
  • Waste-heat recovery, green cultivation (extension)Planned

Site Photography

Generation, power distribution and the compute hall

Photographs of the operating facility and construction progress at the Alberta site.

Row of skid-mounted natural-gas generator sets lined up along a yellow gas pipeline manifold on a gravel pad at the Alberta site.
Gas-genset array · wellhead-adjacent supply— Natural-gas generation
Long line of louvred containerized generator enclosures set on concrete blocks across a graded construction pad.
Containerized genset array · modular deployment— Modular deployment
Containerized compute hall with evaporative cooling walls and heavy power cabling routed into a central switchgear cabinet.
Containerized hall · power intake & evaporative cooling— Power distribution
Interior of the compute hall showing racked mining machines with green status lights and cabled power distribution units.
Compute hall rack deployment— Compute hall
White containerized CAT Rental Power generator sets with exhaust stacks behind a fence, adjacent to overhead electrical distribution lines.
CAT Power gensets— Natural-gas generation
Lattice telecom tower rising above site containers and a field office building under an open Alberta prairie sky.
Telecom tower— Connectivity

Implementation Roadmap

Four staged milestones

  • Stage 1 — Government approval and land acquisition / lease, land reclassification.
  • Stage 2 — Phase 1 10 MW build and production, with mining as base-load cash flow.
  • Stage 3 — Expand to 50 MW in Phase 2; acquire gas supply to optimize cost; waste-heat circulation for green cultivation.
  • Stage 4 (optional) — Land AI-compute offtake and RWA asset tokenization.

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