Nº 02The Thesis

Alberta's best-positioned AI data centre site.

Record demand. Constrained grid. Stranded renewables. Palliser Grid converts the friction into low-carbon compute — and into revenue that upgrades the transmission network.

IThe Alberta window

21.2 GW in queue. 1,200 MW allocated.

AESO's Phase 1 data-centre allocation sits at just 1,200 MW — against a proposed pipeline of 21.2 GW. The gap is the thesis. We are building for Phase 2 with a site that solves more problems than it creates.

Electrical substation silhouetted at dusk.
IISouthern Alberta advantage

300+ sunny days. Constant wind. Cool climate.

Our site sits next door to Canada's largest solar facility (Travers Solar, 465 MW) and 249 wind turbines spinning for 795 MW of nameplate capacity. Four to five cold months deliver a natural free-cooling advantage that lowers PUE year-round.

Wind turbines on Alberta prairie at sunset.
IIITransmission as a feature

The CBW path is congested 61% of hours.

We convert curtailed renewable energy into AI compute and pay the demand tariffs that fund congestion relief for the region.

LineCongested HoursAnnual Curtailment
CBW Path (Cassils–Bowmanton–Whitla)61%1,380,000 MWh
924L (Milo)10%41,000 MWh
927L (Milo)9%37,000 MWh
935L (Milo)2%6,000 MWh
9L59 (Anderson)11%36,000 MWh
Southern Alberta total~1,500,000 MWh
IVRegulatory alignment

Bill 8. Bill 12. Built for the new rules.

Self-supply generation design qualifies for queue priority under Bill 8. Bill 12 places us on the lower end of the 1–2% sliding-scale levy. AESO LLWG-2A engagement underway in Q2 2026.

VComparable projects

The only project that does all of it.

Wonder Valley (Grande Prairie), GLDC (Sturgeon County, 970 MW), and Synapse (Olds, 1.4 GW natural gas) all pick a lane. Palliser Grid is the only project combining farmer-led ownership, secured water, a congestion-relieving grid location, hybrid cooling, BESS-forward grid services, a short-term 80% renewables & storage / 20% natural gas mix, and hydrogen for seasonal balancing.