Data centers in Alaska
Every site we track in Alaska, the jobs each one brings where a public source states them and the officials who represent them.
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Count18sites tracked (11 operating, 0 under construction, 7 announced)
Single-site maximumup to 1,500largest sourced construction figure at one site (1 site sourced; not added up)
Single siteapproximately 60permanent jobs committed or forecast at 1 site, not yet confirmed as filled
Count9counties with sites
Sites in Alaska
Sites with sourced job numbers first. Construction and permanent jobs are shown separately and never added together.
| Site | County | Status | Construction jobs | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stak Energy North Slope Data Center Stak Energy | North Slope Borough | Announced | up to 1,500 | approximately 60 |
| ACS North Wire Center Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| AlasConnect Anchorage Data Center AlasConnect | Anchorage Municipality | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| AlasConnect Data Center 1 Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| AlasConnect Data Center 5 Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| AlasConnect Fairbanks Data Center AlasConnect | Fairbanks North Star Borough | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Alaska Communications Data Center Alaska Communications | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Cook Inlet Subsea-Compute & Infrastructure Hub DeepGreen Cook Inlet SPV LLC | Kenai Peninsula Borough | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Eielson Air Force Base AI Data Center Enhanced Use Lease Site U.S. Department of the Air Force (lessor; developer not selected) | Fairbanks North Star Borough | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Endicott Bitcoin Mining Pilot TA Infrastructure | North Slope Borough | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Franklin Bluffs Pad Power Generation and Bitcoin Mining Project (Phase 1) STaX Capital Partners, LLC | North Slope Borough | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| GCI Anchorage Data Center GCI | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| GDMS, GEP PROGRAM, ALASKA Owner not yet confirmed | Denali | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Greensparc Cordova Data Center (Humpback Creek Hydro) Greensparc | Chugach Census Area | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Greensparc Petersburg Data Center (former Ocean Beauty cannery) Greensparc | Petersburg Borough | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson AI Data Center Enhanced Use Lease Site U.S. Department of the Air Force (lessor; developer not selected) | Municipality Of Anchorage | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Prudhoe Bay Data Center Far North Digital, LLC | North Slope Borough | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| UAF Butrovich Data Center University of Alaska | Fairbanks North Star Borough | Operating | not stated | not stated |
Counties with data center sites
What does this mean for your community?
Electric bills, water, housing and taxes in Data centers in Alaska: sites, jobs and officials: what we know, what remains unknown and who can answer. Statewide figures are context, not forecasts for any one community.
Will my electric bill rise?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No modeled or measured estimate of the effect on household bills has been published for this state.
- What remains unknown
- The effect on household bills in most states.
- Who can answer
- Your state utility commission and your utility's rate cases.
- Ask
- Will data centers pay the full cost of the power lines and plants built for them? Where is that written in a rate order?
How much water will it use?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No tracked project in this state has a published water figure in our sources.
- What remains unknown
- Water use for nearly every other project.
- Who can answer
- Your local water utility and county commission.
- Ask
- How much water will this project use each day? Where will it come from?
Will housing get more expensive?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No public body we found tracks data center effects on local rents or land prices.
- What remains unknown
- Effects on local land prices, rents and housing.
- Who can answer
- Local land records and planning commission minutes.
- Ask
- Has anyone studied what this project will do to local rents and home prices?
What are taxpayers giving up?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No signed incentive record for a project in this state is in our sources yet.
- What remains unknown
- The full public cost and the net tax revenue for most projects.
- Who can answer
- Your state economic development agency and county commission.
- Ask
- What tax breaks does this project get? What must it deliver in return?
What the agreements say
No signed incentive agreement for a project in this state is in our sources yet.
Your officials in Alaska
- Democrat (D)
- Republican (R)
- Independent (I)
- Party not listed
Lisa Murkowski R
U.S. Senator · 18 sites represented
Not on record yet
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Nicholas J. Begich III R
U.S. Representative · AK-AL · 18 sites represented
Not on record yet
Call 202-225-5765