id: north-slope-north-slope-borough
name: North Slope data center
status: announced
location:
  country: US
  state: AK
  county: North Slope Borough
  address: "off Dalton Highway"
metrics:
  land_acres: 640
  investment_usd: 500000000
announced_date: "2026-05-12"
first_seen: "2026-07-07"
last_updated: "2026-07-07"
confidence: medium
sources:
  - url: https://alaskabeacon.com/2026/05/14/a-huge-data-center-could-rise-on-alaskas-north-slope/
    title: "A huge data center could rise on Alaska's North Slope"
    publisher: Alaska Beacon
    date: "2026-05-14"
    note: "single source for both status and investment"
signals:
  - sig-20260706-north-slope-investment
  - sig-20260706-north-slope-status
notes: >-
  Proposed ~1 sq mile gas-fueled (on-site power) data center off the Dalton
  Highway in the North Slope Borough, AK. State of Alaska issued a preliminary
  decision on 2026-05-12 to lease the property; recorded here as `announced`
  (preliminary lease decision, not yet permitted) — announced_date set to that
  decision date. investment_usd (~$500 million per source) recorded as
  500000000 (approximate). land_acres = 640 is editorially converted from the
  source's "~1 square mile" (1 sq mi = 640 acres), disclosed here per
  precision-is-sourced-or-disclosed (KB-0002); no acreage figure was given
  directly. No operator or developer is named in the signals, so both fields are
  omitted. Single source (Alaska Beacon) → confidence medium.