BuildProposed campus · in feasibility
Open People leads a 500 MW Labrador AI campus.
Open People leads a proposed 500 MW AI data campus in Labrador, and a research campus beside it. It is proposed, and it is in feasibility. It is not approved, not funded, and not under construction. Mines and existing industry are real constraints on the same power. The public work right now is keeping firm power in the province. This page is the campus, and only that.
Not approved. Not funded. Not under construction. Mining comes first. The public case is the brief. The thesis is /about. The track is /build.
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Mines and existing industry are real constraints
Operating mines and the Labrador West corridor are already on this system. A campus does not jump that queue. The power is finite. We say so on this page.
Open People leads
This is a Labrador campus build plan, and this is the organisation. Open People is the proponent: we lead the proposed 500 MW campus and the research campus. We intend to seek early, respectful engagement with each nation. No partnership or agreement exists. Partnership, if any, is on terms each nation sets.
Proposed. In feasibility.
The campus is proposed and in feasibility. Phase 1 is a written request to NL Hydro and a non-firm, interruptible pilot. No megawatts are reserved. Near-term work is feasibility on costs and impact, in general terms.
A research campus beside it
Open People also leads a proposed research campus: residencies, fellowships, gatherings. People from across Canada, on the problems society will face in the age of AI. In the spirit of the Perimeter Institute and the Banff Centre — named as spirit, not as partners.
Build track →Neighbouring grids (context only)
Other provinces are rationing large new computing loads. That is neighbouring-grid context. It is not a Labrador booking, and it is not a reason to pretend mines are not on this system.
What we have not proven
- 01That the province will allocate firm Labrador power to this campus over mining — not proven; minerals are named first in the public paper. Mines are a real constraint.
- 02Fibre economics for a training cluster at hyperscale path diversity — unproven; Labrador backbone is thin.
- 03That public-sector demand alone banks a facility — not proven.
- 04That binding DCIA agreements free near-term megawatts for a compute node — House endorsement is not that signature.
Open People leads. Proposed. In feasibility. No reserved megawatts. No named customers. We intend to seek early, respectful engagement with each nation. No partnership or agreement exists. Partnership, if any, is on terms each nation sets. This page does not jump the line: mines and existing industry remain the constraint, and the public ask is to keep firm power in the province.