Milestone retrospective··AHI — AI Hub of Innovation · Red Deer County, Alberta

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

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

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

Milestone retrospective. This entry was written and published in September 2026 as part of the campus timeline; the date shown is the period it describes, not a release date.

AHI set out the four pillars that define what the campus is for — and how every design decision is measured.

Energy security. Dispatchable, behind-the-fence generation on site, with a grid interconnection pathway in development so the campus can add supply to Alberta’s system over time.

Data security. Canadian infrastructure where workloads stay on Canadian soil, under Canadian law — sovereign by design.

Regional food security. Waste heat from the halls engineered to catalyze year-round agritech on the campus — turning a by-product into a regional asset.

Career security. Alberta trades today, and an operations team that grows with every 10 MW hall — with education partnerships so local students can step straight into these careers.

A data centre on its own is a building. Energy, data, food and jobs together are a community asset. That is the standard the campus is built to.

AHI — AI Hub of Innovation is developed by Havenz Smart Communities (Lead Developer) in partnership with Turning Stone Developments (investment partner); both are general partners of AHI. Statements about future capacity, dates and milestones are forward-looking and subject to approvals, capital and change; nothing in this article constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities. Growth beyond the first phase is a master-plan objective subject to its own permits and studies. Third-party names describe roles and imply no endorsement. See Important information.

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