North Slope Borough

Updates, newest first

1. July 17, 2026 STAK Energy Campus (North Slope) · The public comment period, first set to close June 15, closed after DNR extended the deadline to July 17, 2026. (Alaska Department of Natural Resources (Alaska Online Public Notices), 2026; Northern Alaska Environmental Center, May 28, 2026)
2. June 18, 2026 STAK Energy Campus (North Slope) · CBC reported opposition from Native Movement's northern team manager and concerns from The Alaska Center about heat, noise and wildlife; the company said the remote site avoids competition for water. (CBC News North, June 18, 2026)
3. May 12, 2026 STAK Energy Campus (North Slope) · DNR's Division of Oil and Gas issued a preliminary decision proposing a 50-year negotiated lease under AS 38.05.070(d), with rent to include a base rate plus a share of gross receipts; the gas pipeline needs a separate right-of-way application. (Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, May 12, 2026; Anchorage Daily News (from the Northern Journal), May 18, 2026; Alaska Public Media, May 26, 2026)
4. March 12, 2026 STAK Energy Campus (North Slope) · STAK filed a revised application renaming the project the STAK Energy Campus, switching to high-performance computing units, raising peak construction workforce from 500 to 1,500 and adding possible gas treatment and compression. (Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, May 12, 2026)
5. Jan. 8, 2026 STAK Energy Campus (North Slope) · DNR's solicitation of competing interest in the site, open since Dec. 8, 2025, closed with no other parties expressing interest. (Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, May 12, 2026)
6. Nov. 21, 2025 STAK Energy Campus (North Slope) · STAK Energy Corporation applied to DNR's Division of Oil and Gas for a 50-year lease of state land for a natural gas-powered data center (ADL 422741). (Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, May 12, 2026)
7. June 3, 2025 Franklin Bluffs Pad Power Generation and Bitcoin Mining Project (Phase 1) · The Northern Journal reported the company had not signed a gas supply contract and that McKinley Alaska Private Investment had committed funding for the pilot. (Alaska Public Media (from the Northern Journal), June 3, 2025)
8. May 13, 2025 Franklin Bluffs Pad Power Generation and Bitcoin Mining Project (Phase 1) · STaX Capital Partners applied to DNR's Division of Oil and Gas for a temporary land use permit (LAS 35555) for Phase 1 at the Franklin Bluffs pad, with a proposed term of July 2025 to July 2029. (Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas (Alaska Online Public Notices), June 16, 2025)
9. Nov. 26, 2024 Hilcorp Endicott bitcoin-mining pilot · The News-Miner reported the permit application was under DNR review with a public comment period closing that week. (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Nov. 26, 2024)

Statewide

No data center tax incentive: Alaska is not among the 34 states that offer data center incentives, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures as reported in April 2026, and no incentive bill was found in the 34th Legislature (2025-2026). (Alaska's News Source (KTUU), April 30, 2026) SB 250 (2026, Sen. Löki Gale Tobin) would have required commission-approved utility contracts for data centers, barred rolling costs that exist only because of a data center into other customers' rates, as introduced called for community benefit agreements, and as amended required financial security above $1 million of utility investment plus a water plan; it passed the Senate 14-5 on reconsideration May 16, 2026, was heard and held in House Community and Regional Affairs May 18 and died when the session ended. (Alaska State Legislature, May 18, 2026; Alaska State Legislature (office of Sen. Löki Gale Tobin), 2026; Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, June 29, 2026) Large-load tariffs: no Regulatory Commission of Alaska docket on a data center or large-load tariff, and no utility contract with a data center, was found; the commission's April 30, 2026 briefing to the House Energy Committee lists none. Chugach Electric says any large new customer should pay its full cost of service through contributions in aid of construction and long-term commitments, and Golden Valley Electric says such costs would be assigned to the customer under RCA oversight. (Regulatory Commission of Alaska, April 30, 2026; Anchorage Daily News, May 5, 2026) State land: DNR is handling data center sites through ordinary land law, a 50-year negotiated lease under AS 38.05.070(d) for the STAK campus (ADL 422741) and a proposed no-cost conveyance of about 19,950 acres to AIDEA near Houston (ADL 234762), which the Senate Resources Committee is examining. (Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, May 12, 2026; Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land and Water (Alaska Online Public Notices), Aug. 24, 2026; Alaska Public Media, Oct. 15, 2026) Alaska data centers →