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Four pillars, explained

Energy, data, food and job security — why all four, and why together.

Four pillars, explainedEnergy · Data · Food · Jobs

A data centre is a building. A campus is a set of promises. At AHI those promises come in four, and each one depends on the others.

Energy security comes first because nothing else works without it. Generating behind the fence means the campus is not a new load on Alberta’s grid — and the export pathway in development means that, over time, it adds capacity rather than consuming it.

Data security is the reason to build in Canada at all. Your banking, your health records and your business already live in data centres; the only question is whose. Canadian data belongs on Canadian soil, under Canadian law, in Alberta-owned halls.

Food security is what the cooling design makes possible. Waste heat from the halls is engineered to catalyze year-round agritech on the campus — a regional asset from a by-product.

Career security is the pillar our neighbours feel first: Alberta trades on site today, an operations team that grows with every hall over a 25-year horizon, and education partnerships so local students can step straight into these careers without leaving Central Alberta.

Four pillars, one campus, built in permitted 10 MW steps — so that every phase delivers all four, and none of them is deferred to a future that has to be believed in.

AHI — AI Hub of Innovation is developed by Havenz Smart Communities (Lead Developer) in partnership with Turning Stone Developments (Lead Investor); both are general partners of AHI. Figures are as published on ahicampus.com at the date shown; nothing in this article constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy securities. Growth beyond the 30 MW plan of record is a pathway subject to its own permits and studies.

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