TransAlta Eyes Alberta Data Centres

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Varcoe: TransAlta eyes data centre potential, prepares Alberta sites to be 'turnkey ready'

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More than 5,000 megawatts ( MW ) of potential electricity load is now in the Alberta Electric System Operator’s project lineup.

Data centre developers say access to available electricity, and the ability to move quickly to get approval for such centres, are key considerations when deciding where they will locate them.

Data centres, generative AI and cryptocurrencies used about 460 terawatt-hours of electricity worldwide in 2022 .

Analyst Carson Kearl of energy analytics firm Enverus said the five gigawatts of project applications before the AESO is “probably a ceiling” for data centres construction in the province in the 2020s .

But the pace of development will depend on access to electricity — and if hyperscalers want access to natural gas or renewable power.

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