Estevan is home to two of SaskPower’s major generation assets—Boundary Dam and Shand—and the province has formally committed to extend the life of all coal‑fired stations to ensure grid reliability as it transitions to nuclear. This provides available baseload capacity today.

SaskPower selected the GE‑Hitachi BWRX‑300 for its Small Modular Reactor program and has identified Boundary Dam Reservoir and Rafferty Reservoir, both in Estevan, as the two candidate host sites. SaskPower is targeting a final investment decision (FID) in 2029 with mid‑2030s operation for its first SMR.

With near‑term grid power and future SMR power available in the same region, Estevan is uniquely suited for AI and cloud providers that need fast deployment today and long‑term clean baseload tomorrow.

Estevan offers multiple 150‑acre+ parcels suitable for a multi‑building, 300 MW campus, including:

• Blk A Sister Roddy Road — 152 acres (premium development land)

• ~159‑acre development parcel in RM of Estevan No. 5 (near Highway 18)

Decades of heavy‑industry and power‑sector activity mean the region already has:

• High‑voltage infrastructure

• Skilled labor

• Industrial logistics

• Ample construction capacity

• Cold Climate = Free Cooling for Large Portions of the Year

• Low Humidity - Good for Data Center Reliability

• Natural Disaster Risk is Very Low

• Wide‑Open Land With Expansion Capacity

• Strong Transmission Corridors Already Exist

• Extreme Cold Enables More Efficient Liquid Cooling Systems

• The Energy Geography Is Changing in Estevan’s Favor

• Air Quality Is Excellent (Non‑Inversion Region)

• Logistics Are Reliable & Unconstrained

• Low Population Density = Fewer Land‑Use Conflicts