Rezoning approved
595 acresRezoned project areaVulcan County · Alberta · Canada
Powering thenext computefrontier.
Developing AI infrastructure responsibly. A farmer-founded company advancing an integrated neocloud, power and land platform in southern Alberta.
595-acre rezoning approved
Round 1 closed, fully funded and oversubscribed.
Rooted in Alberta.
Built for what comes next.
Planned
400 MWPhase 1 planAllocation approved
Up to 5,500Acre-feet / year · allocation ceilingOversubscribed
Round 1Closed + fully fundedLatest project update
Real progress.
A clear path forward.
Rural-industrial rezoning was approved for 595 acres, reduced from the approximately 850 acres originally sought.
Round 1 is closed and fully funded. Demand exceeded the available allocation, making the round oversubscribed.
Craig Stenhouse has joined Palliser Grid as Operating Partner, adding executive operating, governance and stakeholder experience.
Meet the teamIntegrated platform
Land. Power. Neocloud.
The operating model combines the approved rezoning footprint, energy and thermal infrastructure, and a planned AI-native compute service. Final delivery remains subject to engineering, grid approvals, procurement, financing and customer agreements.
The Palliser platformDevelopment concept
Illustrative architecture.
Not an operating facility.
01
Land platform · Rezoning approved
595-acre rezoning approval
A rural-industrial campus foundation designed around power, cooling, security and responsible staged development.
02
Power platform · In development
Energy + thermal infrastructure
Coordinate grid service, new supply, storage, cooling and flexible load within the applicable operating framework.
03
Neocloud operations · Planned
AI compute as a service
Plan to operate GPU infrastructure, workload scheduling and customer delivery for training, inference and other high-density workloads.
Planned operating model
The neocloud layer is intended to connect dedicated compute, high-performance networking, storage, orchestration and customer operations to Palliser Grid’s land and power foundation.
Supply
Grid + regional renewables
Balance
Storage + firming
Cool
Cooling options in design
Operate
Planned neocloud services
Development-stage concept
The neocloud operating layer is planned. GPU fleet, services, capacity, launch timing and commercial terms have not yet been announced.
Site readiness · Development status
A foundation
you can examine.
Land, water, location and grid strategy. Explore the infrastructure behind the project and the status of each development milestone.
Request the technical briefApproved allocationWater
Up to 5,500 acre-feet / year
Approved Bow River Irrigation District allocation. This is a ceiling, not a forecast of annual consumption. Actual use depends on final design.
ApprovedLand
595 acres
Rural-industrial rezoning approved. The final area was reduced from the approximately 850-acre application to 595 acres.
IndicativeGrid
Up to 600 MW DTS · N-1
Site-specific AltaLink pre-SASR screen reported in August 2026 project materials. This is not an AESO approval or a guarantee of energization.
EstablishedLocation
~2 hours from Calgary
Near Travers Reservoir, regional renewable generation and southern Alberta transmission infrastructure.
Why Vulcan County
The site is
the strategy.
Southern Alberta, CanadaPalliser Grid starts with the hard infrastructure questions: where compute can connect, how it can be cooled, and who benefits from the land beneath it.
- Power
- A 240 kV interconnection strategy shaped around staged development.
- Water
- An approved allocation, with closed-loop and dry-cooling options under evaluation.
- Land
- A 595-acre rural-industrial site with rezoning approved and staged development planned.
Delivery roadmap
Scale follows proof.
Each stage advances only as the land, grid, approvals, customers and capital are ready.
01Planned
Phase 1
400 MW foundation
- 595-acre rezoning approved
- Round 1 closed, funded and oversubscribed
- Interconnection and system studies
- Anchor customer and neocloud operating design
02Planned
Phase 2
1 GW corridor
- Multi-tenant neocloud expansion
- Scaled energy, storage and cooling
- Additional project-area buildout
03Long-term vision
Phase 3
2 GW ecosystem
- Regional transmission and new generation
- Long-duration storage
- Distributed AI-compute ecosystem
Farming here since1909
Farmer-led by design
Infrastructure with a local address.
“There is a sustainable way to power the next generation of AI while giving farming communities a much-needed boost.”
Eric Steeves · Founder
Local participation
Local farmers and landowners participate in project development and ownership.
Land stewardship
Infrastructure planned alongside productive agricultural land use.
Accountable updates
Plain-language project status, community contact and visible next steps.
Leadership
Local conviction. Operating depth.
Palliser Grid pairs founder-led land and community knowledge with executive experience in operations, technology, governance and stakeholder engagement.
01Founder
Eric Steeves
Eric is a fifth-generation Southern Alberta farmer and the founder of Palliser Grid. As president of Yetwood Farms and Farmers First Canada, he brings a decade of hands-on farm management alongside rural-development advocacy and leadership.
At Yetwood Farms, he turned the family operation into a solar-grazing business and now oversees vegetation management beneath a major Southern Alberta solar facility with a flock of more than 3,000 sheep—practical experience integrating agriculture, energy infrastructure and land stewardship. He is building Palliser Grid to create durable value for farmers, investors and Southern Alberta communities.
02Operating Partner
Craig Stenhouse
Craig brings more than 25 years of experience as an energy executive and founder, leading corporate teams, strategic partnerships and stakeholder engagement across Canada’s energy sector. At Encana (now Ovintiv) and Cenovus, he led corporate responsibility and helped shape external engagement, technology development and innovation.
He served as elected chairman of Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) and is a founding co-chair of the Clean Resource Innovation Network. He serves on the board of Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada and is a founder of SHIFT Critical International. Craig holds a Master of Science from the London School of Economics.
Project brief
The project,
at a glance.
Review the key development milestones below. For supporting materials and a more detailed discussion, request the technical brief from our team.
Rural-industrial rezoning approved; final area reduced from the original approximately 850-acre application.
ApprovedClosed, fully funded and oversubscribed.
ClosedUp to 5,500 acre-feet per year approved. Allocation is not expected consumption.
Approved allocationIndicative connection capability, shown separately from approval.
IndicativeChoose your path
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