Pembina Pipeline Corp., Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) and Kineticor Asset Management, partners in the Greenlight Electricity Centre Limited Partnership, recently announced a positive final investment decision on the Greenlight Electricity Centre (GLEC).
GLEC is a 932-megawatt gas-fired combined-cycle power-generation facility, which will be located within Canada’s Alberta Industrial Heartland. The power plant will supply power on a dedicated basis to C$13 billion ($9 billion) colocated data center development being advanced by Meta Platforms, according to Bennett Jones. The site has the potential to be expanded to a permitted generation capacity of 1,864 megawatts.
Pembina and Kineticor have been instrumental in enabling the development of this first-of-its-kind data center project and will serve as the customer’s long-term, behind-the-meter power provider.
MSIP is investing in the GLEC alongside Pembina and Kineticor to support the construct