The Future Is Not Artificial
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Sources are grouped by how much weight they deserve. A regulator's record of what was actually filed outranks a press release about the same project — and a press release outranks an article about the press release.

19 sources · 30 claims · last read 2026-08-16

Source hierarchy used on this site

  1. Alberta Utilities Commission — what was actually applied for and what has been decided
  2. AESO — system-level facts about the grid and the connection queue
  3. Municipal government — local land-use and planning processes
  4. Government of Alberta — Major Projects listings, strategy and regulation
  5. Official company disclosures — design and investment claims, labelled as company claims
  6. Filed project documents
  7. Statistics and international bodies
  8. Technical references — for general engineering context only
  9. Strong independent journalism — for context, criticism and figures not published elsewhere

Promotional material is never used for a technical claim where a regulatory filing exists.

Regulator

System operator

  • Alberta Electric System Operator published 2025-06-04 accessed 2026-08-16
    AESO announces interim approach to large load connections ↗
    4 claims rest on this source
    • 29 Proposed large-load projects seeking grid connection
    • > 16 GW Total capacity sought by those connection requests
    • 1,200 MW AESO interim Phase 1 large-load connection limit
    • ~1,400 MW AESO illustrative comparison: load of the City of Edmonton

Municipal government

Provincial government

Company disclosure

International body

Technical reference

  • NVIDIA accessed 2026-08-16
    NVL72 AI Factory Enterprise Reference Architecture — Components ↗
    1 claim rest on this source
    • ~142 kW Illustrative modern AI rack power
  • This website accessed 2026-08-16
    Arithmetic performed on published figures (methodology shown with each claim)
    5 claims rest on this source
    • ~7.08 km² Campus land area, converted
    • ~269,000 m² Facility floor space, converted
    • 7,140 m² Area of one standard football pitch
    • ≈ 992 Meta campus land, in football pitches
    • ≈ 38 Meta facility floor space, in football pitches

Journalism

What this site does not claim

  • That every announced project will be built.
  • That the published megawatt figures can be added together.
  • That community concerns raised in a hearing are proven impacts.
  • That a developer's statement about its own project is an independent finding.
  • That the illustrative build-out scenarios are forecasts.
  • That any Alberta project uses the illustrative NVIDIA hardware referenced on this site.