Data Center Atlas
Teton Digital Black Bear power and data centre campus (Swan Hills)
Proposed
Canada · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Proposed gas-powered data centre campus on Crown land about 19 km south of Swan Hills, Alberta, in Big Lakes County. Kiwetinohk Energy first proposed the roughly 460 MW Black Bear combined-cycle plant in 2024 and received a federal decision that no impact assessment was needed; Teton Digital has since taken it up as the power source for about 1,500 acres of adjacent data centre land. Teton describes a 466 MW first phase with a path to about 3 GW, compute online as early as 2027 using grid power, and the full plant running in Q3 2028. Alberta's project inventory lists it as proposed.
Source record as of 2026-09-23 · Details and sources
Location
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Approximate site reference; the exact facility position is unverified.
Projects (1)
Teton Digital Black Bear power and data centre campus (Swan Hills)
Proposed last observed as of · Reported status
Location: About 19 km south of Swan Hills, Big Lakes County, Alberta, CA. Coordinates of the south end of the power plant project area as stated in the 2024 federal project description (SW and SE quarters of Section 15-64-11-W5M). The data centre land is described only as adjacent Crown land, so its centre may differ. Kiwetinohk Energy Corp. (filed with the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada); Impact Assessment Agency of Canada; Daily Hive
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | about 460 MW | Planned · Campus · Onsite generation | 2024-07 | Net output of the plant's single combustion turbine generator in Kiwetinohk's 2024 federal filing, before a data centre was attached. | Kiwetinohk Energy Corp. (filed with the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada); Impact Assessment Agency of Canada |
| Power capacity | 466 MW | Planned · Phase · Onsite generation · Phase I | 2026-09-23 | Teton's figure for the natural gas combined-cycle plant. | Teton Digital; Daily Hive; DeSmog |
| Power capacity | about 3,000 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2026-09-23 | Teton's stated long-term pathway, split as about 2 GW behind the meter and 1 GW grid-connected, across one or more data centre campuses. | Teton Digital; Daily Hive |
| Land area | about 1,500 acres | Planned · Campus | 2026-09-23 | Adjacent Crown land being developed for data centre use. | Teton Digital; Daily Hive |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teton Digital | Developer | Teton Digital; Daily Hive; DeSmog | |
| Kiwetinohk Energy Corp. | Developer | Original 2024 proponent of the power plant; DeSmog reports it exited the power business in 2025 and cancelled its planned AESO grid connection in December 2025. | Kiwetinohk Energy Corp. (filed with the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada); Impact Assessment Agency of Canada; Daily Hive; DeSmog |
| Big Lakes County | Government | Reported in July 2026 to be amending bylaws to fast-track the project; the Sucker Creek First Nation asked council to wait until environmental and water questions were answered. | DeSmog |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-18 | Other | Actual | Kiwetinohk filed the initial project description for the Black Bear power plant with the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada. | Impact Assessment Agency of Canada |
| 2024-12-23 | Other | Actual | Federal agency decided that an impact assessment of the power plant is not required. | Impact Assessment Agency of Canada |
| 2026-04 | Other | Actual | Teton says it filed an AESO Cluster 3 grid interconnection application. | Teton Digital; DeSmog |
| 2027 | First operational | Planned | Compute could begin as early as 2027 using temporary grid power before the plant is complete. | Teton Digital; Daily Hive |
| 2028-Q3 | Other | Planned | Target for full 466 MW commercial operation of the power plant. | Teton Digital |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Natural gas onsite | A natural gas combined-cycle plant of 466 MW in its first phase; Kiwetinohk's 2024 design included CO2 capture with pipeline transport to a storage hub, which Teton's materials do not mention. | Kiwetinohk Energy Corp. (filed with the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada); Impact Assessment Agency of Canada; Teton Digital; DeSmog |
| Grid | Teton plans bridge power from the grid from 2027 and has applied to AESO for an interconnection; it puts roughly 1 GW of the long-term pathway on the grid. | Teton Digital; Daily Hive |
Status rests on Daily Hive's September 2026 report that Alberta Major Projects lists the project as proposed, plus Teton's undated project page (read 2026-10-09), which says provincial and federal permits are in hand and an AESO interconnection application was filed in April 2026. DeSmog reported Teton's federal permitting claim without verifying it, raised questions about the developer's background, and reported that the 2024 carbon capture design no longer appears in Teton's materials. Both news outlets describe it as a $1.3 billion project without stating the currency, so no investment figure is recorded.
Sources for these details
- Black Bear Power Plant: Summary of the Initial Project Description — Kiwetinohk Energy Corp. (filed with the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada); 2024-07
- Black Bear Power Plant Project (Canadian Impact Assessment Registry, reference 88747) — Impact Assessment Agency of Canada; publication date not stated
- Black Bear — Teton Digital; publication date not stated
- A $1.3B power plant and data centre is in the works northwest of Edmonton — Daily Hive; 2026-09-23
- U.S. Developer Tied to Failed Bitcoin Venture Is Proposing Major Alberta Data Centre — DeSmog; 2026-07-27 · Archived source
- Companies
- Developer: Teton Digital (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Teton Digital (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Teton Digital (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Kiwetinohk Energy Corp. (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Kiwetinohk Energy Corp. (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Kiwetinohk Energy Corp. (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Kiwetinohk Energy Corp. (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Big Lakes County (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- Black Bear evidence row
Teton Digital · publication date not stated · Company disclosure - Locator
- Approximate site reference · Compiled location reference · approximate_site evidence
- Source checks
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reviewed
No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 34 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 54.53254, -115.57319
- Geometry licence
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- Use scope
- Approximate site reference
- Scope class
- approximate_site
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
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- Derivation
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- Precision scope
- Coordinates of the south end of the power plant project area as stated in the 2024 federal project description (SW and SE quarters of Section 15-64-11-W5M). The data centre land is described only as adjacent Crown land, so its centre may differ.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- d5c22c5a
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A $1.3B power plant and data centre is in the works northwest of Edmonton Archived copy | Daily Hive News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: First Operational, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | Daily Hive | 09e578f5e3258b8b2bf49827a90929064167d6f50fa100bf6cec7e872d02dc1bFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Black Bear Archived copy | Teton Digital Company disclosure | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: First Operational, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Grid, Power Source: Natural Gas Onsite, Role: Developer | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Teton Digital | 1896c7190b65072773ecf9112cf55aef99747f5e1b94816a85c529cf1694059fFactual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Black Bear Power Plant Project (Canadian Impact Assessment Registry, reference 88747) Archived copy | Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Government record | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Natural Gas Onsite, Role: Developer | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Impact Assessment Agency of Canada | 7b5d11a8a55ead98ede7ff7a7c4081b4d2093102835cbf447534070d04952dd6Factual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Black Bear Power Plant: Summary of the Initial Project Description Archived copy | Kiwetinohk Energy Corp. (filed with the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada) Regulatory filing | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Power Capacity, Power Source: Natural Gas Onsite, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | Kiwetinohk Energy Corp. (filed with the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada) | b37d19861f54474daf6c0b03b229275ab1f15a4506a09d3535ace146055b8e3cFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| U.S. Developer Tied to Failed Bitcoin Venture Is Proposing Major Alberta Data Centre Archived copy | DeSmog News | Imported: Record, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Natural Gas Onsite, Role: Developer, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | DeSmog | d43a055aa786e4b3d587e2687ae16cbc8d6b7e0fa7f2e1786e3982bf034356afFactual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Teton Digital Black Bear power and data centre campus (Swan Hills) [site vcc-site-50ba6e2d0f69faaff629]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-50ba6e2d0f69faaff629/
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