Who holds a veto
Three gates, three different keepers
Ambition, then a phased reality check.
A $100B five-year target5, then a capped 1,200 MW interim connection with everything beyond it expected to bring its own power.1 Town halls followed the backlash.11
The AUC has already said no once.
It rejected the on-site power plant behind the ~$10B Olds “Synapse” project.8 For projects bringing their own generation, that approval is often where it lives or dies.
Local councils hold the zoning.
Rocky View County voted a roughly 1,100-acre campus down six to one after organized opposition.9 Whatever the province wants, a project still needs the host community.
In progress
A party-by-party comparison is being built
Where each party stands, in their own words.
We are assembling a sourced, side-by-side of where each provincial party stands on data-centre power, water and incentives, using their own statements and voting records, not our characterization of them. It goes up when every line has a citation, and not before. Have an on-the-record position we should include? Tell us on the corrections and tips line.