Data Center Atlas
Beacon AI Centers Indus campus
Announced
Canada · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Beacon AI Centers plans an AI data centre campus about 3 km east of Calgary and 2 km northwest of the hamlet of Indus in Rocky View County, Alberta. Federal filings describe four data halls needing 300 MW each, supplied by an on-site gas-fired plant of about 1,494 MW built by the project entity Indus Power. The county approved the area structure plan in June 2025; the plant application is before the Alberta Utilities Commission, and the federal agency decided in March 2026 that no further federal assessment was needed. The proponent targeted commercial operation in Q3 2027.
Source record as of 2026-10-09 · Details and sources
Location
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Beacon AI Centers Indus campus
Announced last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Indus, Rocky View County, Alberta, CA. Decimal coordinates given in the proponent's initial project description (legal land description in section 11-23-28-W4M, south of Township Road 232), rounded to four decimals. Indus Power Generation LP via Impact Assessment Agency of Canada registry; Rocky View County
Use: Ai unspecified
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | 1,200 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2025-12-29 | Four data halls with a stated power requirement of 300 MW each; the plant is designed to supply at least this much continuous power to them. The filing does not say whether the figure is IT load or total facility load. | Indus Power Generation LP via Impact Assessment Agency of Canada registry |
| Power capacity | about 1,494 MW | Planned · Campus · Onsite generation | 2026-01-06 | Maximum installed capacity: 100 gas reciprocating engines of about 4.6 MW each plus four combined-cycle blocks. | Indus Power Generation LP via Impact Assessment Agency of Canada registry; Impact Assessment Agency of Canada; Impact Assessment Agency of Canada |
| Land area | 627.2 acres | Planned · Campus | 2025-12-29 | Data centre campus area stated in the federal filing; the power plant footprint is about 45 acres within it. | Indus Power Generation LP via Impact Assessment Agency of Canada registry |
| Land area | about 900 acres | Planned · Campus | 2025-09-18 | Rocky View County describes the AI hub, and the land it redesignated for data centre use, as about 900 acres; this differs from the 627.2-acre campus in the federal filing. | Rocky View County; Rocky View County |
| Jobs construction | up to 4,500 count | Planned · Campus | 2025-12-29 | Indus Power Generation LP via Impact Assessment Agency of Canada registry | |
| Jobs permanent | 300 count | Planned · Campus | 2025-12-29 | Indus Power Generation LP via Impact Assessment Agency of Canada registry |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon AI Centers | Developer | The filing says Beacon develops the project through the project-specific entity Indus Power. | Indus Power Generation LP via Impact Assessment Agency of Canada registry |
| Indus Power Generation LP | Power supplier | Proponent of the on-site gas plant; its general partner is Northbridge Power GPC Inc. | Indus Power Generation LP via Impact Assessment Agency of Canada registry; Impact Assessment Agency of Canada; Impact Assessment Agency of Canada |
| Rocky View County | Government | Approved the area structure plan and land-use redesignation; participating in the provincial power plant review. | Rocky View County; Rocky View County; Rocky View County |
| AltaLink | Utility | Owner of the 240 kV line the project proposes to tap, with interconnection at the Langdon 102S substation. | Indus Power Generation LP via Impact Assessment Agency of Canada registry |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-17 | Zoning approved | Actual | Council approved the Beacon AI Hub area structure plan; the land was redesignated to a special data centre district. | Rocky View County; Rocky View County; Rocky View County |
| 2026-01-19 | Other | Actual | Alberta Utilities Commission posted notice of the gas plant application (proceeding 30524). | Rocky View County |
| 2026-03-10 | Other | Actual | Impact Assessment Agency of Canada decided no further federal assessment of the power plant was required. | Impact Assessment Agency of Canada |
| 2026-Q2 | Construction started | Planned | Proponent schedule for civil works and foundations, before provincial approval was granted. | Indus Power Generation LP via Impact Assessment Agency of Canada registry |
| 2027-Q3 | First operational | Planned | Target commercial operation date for the plant and data halls. | Indus Power Generation LP via Impact Assessment Agency of Canada registry |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Natural gas onsite | Dedicated on-site plant combining gas reciprocating engines and combined-cycle gas turbines; gas supply via NGTL/ATCO or TC Energy options was still being arranged. | Indus Power Generation LP via Impact Assessment Agency of Canada registry; Impact Assessment Agency of Canada |
Status rests partly on Rocky View County's undated project page, which shows the gas plant application still under Alberta Utilities Commission review, so status_as_of is the date it was read (2026-10-09). The federal filing gives data centre details for information only; the data centre itself was not part of the federally reviewed power project. In July 2026 county council paused new applications to redesignate land for data centres; the report does not say whether this affects the already rezoned Beacon site.
Sources for these details
- Beacon AI Centers - Indus Project: Initial Project Description — Indus Power Generation LP via Impact Assessment Agency of Canada registry; 2025-12-29 · Archived source
- Beacon AI Centers Indus Project (reference 90121) — Impact Assessment Agency of Canada; publication date not stated
- Public notice: Beacon AI Centers Indus Project, comments invited on the summary of the initial project description — Impact Assessment Agency of Canada; 2026-01-06 · Archived source
- Rocky View County participates in Alberta Utilities Commission review of proposed Beacon AI Hub power plant — Rocky View County; 2026-02-13
- Beacon AI Hub - Thermal Power Plant Application — Rocky View County; publication date not stated
- Rocky View County Affirms Commitment to Responsible AI Data Centre Development — Rocky View County; 2025-09-18 · Archived source
- Councillors in rural county bordering Calgary vote to pause data centres — The Canadian Press via BNN Bloomberg; 2026-07-28
- Companies
- Developer: Beacon AI Centers (unknown scope) evidence
- Power Supplier: Indus Power Generation LP (unknown scope) evidence
- Power Supplier: Indus Power Generation LP (unknown scope) evidence
- Power Supplier: Indus Power Generation LP (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Rocky View County (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Rocky View County (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Rocky View County (unknown scope) evidence
- Utility: AltaLink (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- Beacon AI Hub - Thermal Power Plant Application evidence row
Rocky View County · publication date not stated · Government record - Locator
- Project locator · Compiled location reference · site evidence
- Source checks
Not reviewed against imagery not_
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: 18 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 50.94340, -113.80720
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Project locator
- Scope class
- site
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- Decimal coordinates given in the proponent's initial project description (legal land description in section 11-23-28-W4M, south of Township Road 232), rounded to four decimals.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- 314d2a34
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon AI Centers - Indus Project: Initial Project Description Archived copy | Indus Power Generation LP via Impact Assessment Agency of Canada registry Regulatory filing | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Jobs Construction, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Construction Started, Milestone: First Operational, Power Source: Natural Gas Onsite, Role: Developer, Role: Power Supplier, Role: Utility | source-terms-not-recorded | Indus Power Generation LP via Impact Assessment Agency of Canada registry | 85eb073f3143231f9c7f48b60cfce959e8bfb4730d9b1e6dca2bedeb0d60b065Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Beacon AI Centers Indus Project (reference 90121) Archived copy | Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Government record | Imported: Record, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Role: Power Supplier | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Impact Assessment Agency of Canada | a8164606a6195bd3696459ba84574e5b3a50bdbe6971f11dc6f891ad8eee027fFactual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Beacon AI Hub - Thermal Power Plant Application Archived copy | Rocky View County Government record | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: Other, Milestone: Zoning Approved, Role: Government | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Rocky View County | c3129e00a44cb415c27f2a89ee7e2dbd433dbed336386231cc2d7923a742d33dFactual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Councillors in rural county bordering Calgary vote to pause data centres Archived copy | The Canadian Press via BNN Bloomberg News | Imported: Record, Imported: Status | source-terms-not-recorded | The Canadian Press via BNN Bloomberg | a3f605a53a2c19249a3d05bab791dd3240e6c4c4fe1cb0f7bf83a5e975389835Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Public notice: Beacon AI Centers Indus Project, comments invited on the summary of the initial project description Archived copy | Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Government record | Imported: Record, Metric: Power Capacity, Power Source: Natural Gas Onsite, Role: Power Supplier | source-terms-not-recorded | Impact Assessment Agency of Canada | c7f7c5bfae9bb20c2af8cdcd85514f120d61b13f2592d4b65cf64b29887a2d3fFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Rocky View County Affirms Commitment to Responsible AI Data Centre Development Archived copy | Rocky View County Government record | Imported: Record, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: Zoning Approved, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | Rocky View County | b3c78e9f7e767f36f9f093ca39f003943244df32fa6fefae29e64e59f89ab339Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Rocky View County participates in Alberta Utilities Commission review of proposed Beacon AI Hub power plant Archived copy | Rocky View County Government record | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Milestone: Zoning Approved, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | Rocky View County | 8e7638c4cfa221c4ad727b2eef3ded5b2dadd0147c8cd8f02f5e105ea5eb3f4dFactual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Beacon AI Centers Indus campus [site vcc-site-ef8be5d9da9f69e72683]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-ef8be5d9da9f69e72683/
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