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The build, on the record.

Official updates from the AHI campus — live progress, construction milestones, announcements, and stories from the team building Alberta’s AI infrastructure.

Construction progress tracker

77% to first power

Site works, generation halls & first gensets — updated August 15, 2026 · First power target: 2027

AHI — a Havenz × Turning Stone partnership

Featured · Partnership · September 6, 2026

AHI — AI Hub of Innovation × Turning Stone: an Indigenous-owned partnership at the forefront of Alberta’s AI campus

AHI is developed by Havenz Smart Communities and delivered in partnership with Turning Stone Developments — the Métis-led, Indigenous-owned Lead Investor and general partner led by Ron Maurice, founder of Maurice Law, Canada’s first Indigenous-owned national law firm. First Nations ownership at the centre, institutional-grade returns, and one flagship: 10 MW in construction on 119 titled acres in Red Deer County, appraised at $382.8M.

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Construction

Generation halls take shape as the summer build accelerates

Structural steel up, electrical rooms advancing, and the first Rolls-Royce mtu packages in place — the campus is now 77% of the way to first power, with 20–100 Alberta trades on site at any given time.

Read the story →Construction gallery

Announcements

Sep 3, 2026

Government of Canada launches Canada’s Responsible Data Centre Development Principles — AHI’s line-by-line alignment is now published

Sep 2026

Turning Stone Developments — Indigenous-owned Lead Investor — now has its own partnership page, with the AHI × Turning Stone film

Aug 2026

RWDI full-build sound strategy complete — compliant at all 22 nearby homes

Aug 2026

Community Information & FAQ page launched — straight answers, public numbers

Jul 2026

Premier Smith’s data-centre Q&A — Alberta’s moment, on the record

All news & milestones

Every article since the land was secured in 2020 — filter by year or topic.

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2026

Partnership

AHI × Turning Stone: Indigenous-owned partnership at the forefront of Alberta’s AI campus

Havenz Smart Communities, Lead Developer, and Turning Stone Developments, the Métis-led, Indigenous-owned Lead Investor — one flagship, one standard.

Sep 6, 2026

Community

Blindman and the corridor: what an anchor project does for a heavy-industrial park

A County industrial park at the seam of Red Deer, Red Deer County and Blackfalds — on a transportation corridor that is getting bigger.

Sep 6, 2026

Canada

Canada launches Responsible Data Centre Development Principles — AHI publishes its line-by-line alignment

Lasting local benefits · no electricity costs shifted · minimal water · transparency · strategic value to Canada — five national expectations, five answers on the record.

Sep 3, 2026

Blog

Four pillars, explained

Energy, data, food and job security — why all four, and why together.

Sep 1, 2026

Blog

Why we built waterless

The engineering story behind the sealed glycol loop — and why “zero municipal water” is a design, not a slogan.

Aug 30, 2026

Community

Community Information & FAQ page launched — straight answers, public numbers

Water, noise, power, jobs and taxes on one page you can share — with calculators, a map and the Premier’s Q&A.

Aug 26, 2026

Community

RWDI full-build sound strategy complete — compliant at all 22 nearby homes

Independent, APEGA-permitted acoustical modelling predicts compliance with AUC Rule 012 at every nearby residence, day and night.

Aug 20, 2026

Alberta

Premier Smith answers Albertans’ data-centre questions

Power, water, land and jobs — six straight answers from the Premier, and AHI’s answers alongside them.

Aug 12, 2026

Construction

Generation halls take shape as the summer build accelerates

Structural steel up, electrical rooms advancing, first Rolls-Royce mtu packages in place — the campus moves toward first power in 2027.

Jul 2, 2026

Milestone

First Rolls-Royce mtu gensets en route to site

Hydrogen-blend-ready prime power begins the journey to Blindman — long-lead equipment secured years in advance.

May 20, 2026

Platform

Direct-to-chip closed loop confirmed as primary cooling

Zero-evaporation liquid cooling engineered to OEM spec — the architecture behind zero municipal water.

Mar 12, 2026

Construction

Winter build: civil works and generation halls underway at Blindman

A Red Deer general contractor and Central Alberta subtrades — local dollars, local hands — on the first 10 MW.

Jan 20, 2026

2025

Approvals

Red Deer County approves first-phase land use and development at Blindman

Municipal Planning Commission approval, October 2025 — through the County’s public process, with AUC Rule 012 sound compliance as a condition.

Oct 21, 2025

Milestone

Long-lead equipment secured: Rolls-Royce mtu generation packages executed

Hydrogen-blend-ready prime power with OEM long-term service — ordered years ahead of first power.

Apr 15, 2025

2024

Alberta

Alberta launches its AI Data Centres Strategy — and Central Alberta is ready

The province’s strategy sets out three pillars and a stated $100-billion, five-year ambition. AHI’s planning has been pointed at exactly this.

Dec 11, 2024

Company

Energy, data, food and job security: AHI names its four pillars

The campus is designed to answer four questions Alberta and Canada are asking at once.

Apr 23, 2024

2023

Platform

Behind the fence: why AHI chose to generate its own power

Pipeline gas to electrons to compute on one site — no municipal water, sewer or power tie-ins, and no costs passed to ratepayers.

May 9, 2023

2021

Planning

A 500-acre master plan: integrated campus planning begins at Blindman

Energy generation, secure data halls, agritech and community benefit — planned together, on one site, from day one.

Sep 14, 2021

2020

Milestone

Havenz secures land at Blindman Industrial Park, Red Deer County

Industrial-zoned land at the midpoint of the Calgary–Edmonton corridor becomes the foundation of a long-planned energy-and-data campus.

Nov 17, 2020

Milestones

2020

Land secured at Blindman Industrial Park

The foundation move — industrial-zoned land assembled, beginning a five-year planning discipline.

2020–2024

Master planning, environmental reviews & global research

Integrated campus planning, environmental studies and years of research into the world’s best practice.

Dec 2024

Alberta launches its AI Data Centres Strategy

Three pillars — power capacity, sustainable cooling, economic growth. Read →

2025

Approvals in hand · long-lead equipment secured

Development approvals granted through the County’s public process; Rolls-Royce mtu packages executed.

2026

Construction underway — 77% to first power

Civil works, generation halls and electrical infrastructure advancing on site. Read →

Sep 2026

Canada’s Responsible Data Centre Development Principles · Turning Stone partnership page

AHI publishes its line-by-line alignment; the Indigenous-owned partnership goes on the record. Read →

2027

First power · first Secure Data Halls ready

10 MW energizes; first halls ready for racks and GPUs.

The build, on the record.

Construction progress tracker

AHI — AI Hub of Innovation × Turning Stone: an Indigenous-owned partnership at the forefront of Alberta’s AI campus

Generation halls take shape as the summer build accelerates

Announcements

Government of Canada launches Canada’s Responsible Data Centre Development Principles — AHI’s line-by-line alignment is now published

Turning Stone Developments — Indigenous-owned Lead Investor — now has its own partnership page, with the AHI × Turning Stone film

RWDI full-build sound strategy complete — compliant at all 22 nearby homes

Community Information & FAQ page launched — straight answers, public numbers

Premier Smith’s data-centre Q&A — Alberta’s moment, on the record

All news & milestones

Milestones

Land secured at Blindman Industrial Park

Master planning, environmental reviews & global research

Alberta launches its AI Data Centres Strategy

Approvals in hand · long-lead equipment secured

Construction underway — 77% to first power

Canada’s Responsible Data Centre Development Principles · Turning Stone partnership page

First power · first Secure Data Halls ready

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