STAK Energy Campus (North Slope)

Status: Proposed · as of May 12, 2026
Location: About one mile west of the Dalton Highway at Milepost 390, roughly 26 miles south of Deadhorse · North Slope Borough
Status note: DNR issued a preliminary best-interest finding for a 50-year lease; the extended comment period closed July 17, 2026, and no final finding and decision was found as of Oct. 20, 2026.
Power: 1,000 MW
Range, not a single figure: DNR's preliminary decision describes gas-fired generation designed for 1 to 3 GW, all used on site; reporting cites up to 3 GW. Stored here at the low end.
Land: 715.4 acres
Investment: About $500 million for site evaluation, engineering, the gravel road and pad and initial camp and support facilities (company estimate cited in the state documents and reporting); full build-out cost not disclosed.
Developer and team: STAK Energy Corporation
End user: Not identified
Utility: None: on-site gas generation, not connected to the Railbelt or any utility grid (behind the meter)
Water: Air cooling in the Arctic climate; DNR expects no significant impact on surrounding waterbodies; wastewater to be trucked to approved facilities in Deadhorse.
Evidence: Primary public records
Size class: 50 MW or more (tracker scope)

Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.

Updates, newest first

July 17, 2026 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)
June 18, 2026 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)
May 12, 2026 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)
March 12, 2026 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)
Jan. 8, 2026 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)
Nov. 21, 2025 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)

Conflicts and open questions

Gas supply: the preliminary decision says gas would come by one or more new pipelines from fields 25 to 90 miles away; reporting said no firm gas supply deal was in place when STAK applied.
A federal Clean Water Act Section 404 permit for the gravel pad and an air permit had not been obtained, per the state documents and reporting.
The company's CEO, Sparrow Mahoney, earlier led a 50 MW bitcoin-mining pilot application at the Franklin Bluffs pad under the name STaX Capital Partners (listed separately); reporting describes the campus as the company's shift from crypto mining to AI and cloud computing.
Former DNR Commissioner John Boyle is the company's chief of strategy, per reporting.

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