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

On September 3, 2026 the Government of Canada launched Canada’s Responsible Data Centre Development Principles — five national expectations for how data centres are built. “If you build in Canada, you must build responsibly and transparently and you must build for Canadians,” said the Hon. Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation.

AHI has published its line-by-line alignment with each principle. Lasting local benefits: 120+ Albertans on the project team, local trades hired first, property tax from day one (≈$1.49M a year at 10 MW rising to ≈$4.47M at 30 MW), Indigenous ownership that is structural through Turning Stone Developments. No electricity costs shifted to Canadians: power generated behind the fence; zero drawn from the grid for the first 30 MW. Minimal water: zero municipal water, a sealed glycol loop. Transparency: approvals, sound studies and numbers published. Strategic value to Canada: Canadian-owned, sovereign-by-design infrastructure on Canadian soil.

The Principles are a national baseline that complements provincial, municipal and Indigenous processes — and they arrive alongside Alberta’s own AI Data Centres Strategy, to which AHI’s alignment is also published.

“We did not have to change a line of the design to meet these principles,” said Sunny Sarpal, CEO & Founder. “They describe the campus we have been building since 2020.”

AHI — AI Hub of Innovation is developed by Havenz Smart Communities (Lead Developer) in partnership with Turning Stone Developments (Lead Investor); both are general partners of AHI. Figures are as published on ahicampus.com at the date shown; nothing in this article constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy securities. Growth beyond the 30 MW plan of record is a pathway subject to its own permits and studies.