Beacon Data Centers

Calgary-based developer of large AI and cloud data centre campuses, founded by Nadia Partners. Its campuses page lists the Heartland and Indus sites in Alberta, Spruce Lake in Saint John, NB, and US sites in Alabama, California and Texas. None is operating.

• Formerly Beacon AI Centers; the company now operates as Beacon Data Centers and states it was founded by Nadia Partners, a digital and energy infrastructure investor. beacondatacenters.com ↗

• Rocky View County council approved the Beacon AI Hub Area Structure Plan on June 17, 2025, redesignating roughly 900 acres near Indus to a data centre district. rockyview.ca ↗

• The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada decided on March 10, 2026 that no further federal assessment is required for the Indus project's gas generation facility. iaac-aeic.gc.ca ↗

• Sturgeon County approved a master site development permit, with conditions, for the Heartland campus and amended it in February 2026 to add gas-fired generation. It still lists it as proposed. sturgeoncounty.ca ↗

• Alberta's Major Projects registry lists the Beacon Heartland AI Data Centre Hub in Sturgeon County as proposed, with 960 MWe of total capability and approvals still being sought. majorprojects.alberta.ca ↗

• Alberta lists the Beacon Foothills AI Data Centre Hub as proposed, with 400 MW of on-site generation. The listing says Beacon plans six Alberta data centres at an approximate cost of $4B. majorprojects.alberta.ca ↗

• Stantec announced in May 2025 that it was selected by Beacon AI Centers to provide design and engineering services for data centre campuses in Alberta. stantec.com ↗

• Named a founding member of the Canadian Coalition for Digital Infrastructure in December 2025, alongside AWS, Equinix, eStruxture and Vantage Data Centers. newswire.ca ↗

• Proposes the Spruce Lake AI Hub with Texas-based VoltaGrid on a 120-hectare parcel in Saint John's Spruce Lake Industrial Park — its first announced project outside Alberta, reported in October 2025. cbc.ca ↗

• The Saint John project's own site states it requires 400 MW at full capacity — VoltaGrid supplying up to 190 MW on demand and grid power up to 210 MW as required. sjdatacentre.ca ↗

• At a November 2025 Lorneville open house, VoltaGrid's Nathan Ough said on-site gas generation would supply about half the centre's power, with 98 per cent emissions abatement committed. cbc.ca ↗

• The Canada Investment Summit pitchbook, per BetaKit, lists the Spruce Lake Data Centre Hub at 365 MW seeking construction financing — below the 400 MW on the project's own site. betakit.com ↗

• Applied to the Alberta Utilities Commission for a 1,494 MW gas-fired plant at Indus that would supply about 1,200 MW to on-site data halls; the AUC set an oral hearing for August 18, 2026. auc.ab.ca ↗

• A separate 920 MW gas-fired plant for the Heartland campus near Gibbons is before the AUC in Proceeding 30518. It would supply about 800 MW to on-site data halls. auc.ab.ca ↗

• Its campuses page lists US projects in Calvert, Alabama, Elk Hills, California and Tom Green County, Texas alongside its Canadian sites. beacondatacenters.com ↗

1. Dec 9, 2025Other

   New national industry coalition forms to propel Canada's digital infrastructure

   Beacon was named a founding member of the Canadian Coalition for Digital Infrastructure, a national industry group formed to advance Canada's digital infrastructure and global competitiveness, alongside AWS, Equinix, eStruxture and Vantage Data Centers.

   newswire.ca ↗
2. Oct 30, 2025Expansion

   Calgary, Texas companies propose data centre for Saint John industrial park

   Calgary-based Beacon AI Centers and Texas-based VoltaGrid proposed building a data centre on a 120-hectare parcel in Saint John's Spruce Lake Industrial Park. A councillor for the area said the companies could put upwards of $2 billion into the facility, and the project must still go through public consultation and an environmental impact assessment.

   cbc.ca ↗