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Green Light for Greenlight: Pembina, Partners Go Ahead with Gas Plant for Data Centre
The 932-megawatt gas-fired plant will supply dedicated power under a long-term tolling deal, with about 85% of costs secured by fixed-price agreements.
- On Thursday, Pembina Pipeline Corporation, Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners , and Kineticor Asset Management announced a positive final investment decision for the C$4.6 billion Greenlight Electricity Centre , a 932-megawatt facility in Sturgeon County to power an unnamed data centre.
- Alberta is attracting significant data centre investment due to its massive natural gas reserves, positioning itself as a hub for the growing Artificial Intelligence and cloud computing industry requiring reliable, long-term power supply.
- Construction will utilize high-efficiency Siemens Energy gas and steam turbines, with approximately 85 percent of project costs de-risked through fixed-price agreements with Aecon Group Inc. and Técnicas Reunidas for engineering and procurement.
- Greenlight secured a long-term Electrical Energy Supply Agreement with the data centre customer, ensuring stable capacity payments while the facility will require approximately 150 million cubic feet of natural gas daily.
- The Sturgeon County site permits expansion to 1,864 megawatts, aligning with Alberta's 'bring your own power' data centre strategy and the Alberta Electric System Operator's Phase 2 Large Load Allocation process to strengthen regional competitiveness.
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Green light for Greenlight: Pembina, partners go ahead with gas plant for data centre
Pembina Pipeline Corp. and two partners have given the go-ahead to the Greenlight Electricity Centre, a natural gas plant serving a data centre customer. The 932-megawatt plant would be built in Sturgeon County, part of Alberta's Industrial Heartland region north of Edmonton.
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Pembina Pipeline Announces Positive Final Investment Decision on the Greenlight Electricity Centre
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