The Alaska AI Docket

Name: The Alaska AI Docket
Creator: Alaska AI

Every AI infrastructure decision in Alaska, tracked daily. Who decides, when it lands, and whether the public gets a say. Sources on every item.

DECISIONS TRACKED

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

JUL 13

NEXT DATE

1Fairbanks 2Juneau 3Dalton Highway, about 26 mi south of Deadhorse 4JBER, Eielson AFB, Clear SFS

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The nearest deadlines and votes. A pulsing pin on the map means a public comment window is open right now.

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The docket

Access reads OPEN when a formal public comment or testimony path exists today, INDIRECT when an elected or member-accountable body decides, CLOSED when the evaluation is private.

INDIRECT UTILITY DECISION by JUL 13

GVEA's $120 million turbine decision

DECIDES · GOLDEN VALLEY ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

GVEA's board weighs buying a GE LM6000 combined-cycle turbine, roughly $120 million for 45 to 58 MW, while data center demand has pushed gas turbine plant costs up 195 percent since 2019 and order waitlists into the early 2030s, per a Bloomberg report cited by the News-Miner. The board reserved an order slot in April for $50,000.

A member-owned co-op board decides, in executive session. GVEA members reach it through board elections and member comment periods at regular meetings.

JUL 13Board weighs the purchase in executive session

Sources · Fairbanks Daily News-Miner · KUAC

2026-07-08 · Tracked ahead of the July 13 executive session.

INDIRECT LEGISLATION by JUL 16

The AKLNG gas line tax bill

DECIDES · ALASKA LEGISLATURE, SECOND SPECIAL SESSION

A conference committee compromise unveiled July 2 would swap the state property tax on the Glenfarne-led Alaska LNG project for a volumetric tax after five years of operation or 500 MMcf per day, and extend the completion deadline to the end of 2034. Floor votes are tentatively set for July 16; the special session ends July 19; the governor has pledged to veto any bill keeping the S corp income tax provision.

Legislators decide; constituents reach them directly. The gas line would feed the grid most Alaska compute would ride on.

JUL 2Draft compromise unveiled

JUL 16Tentative House and Senate floor votes

JUL 19Special session ends

Sources · Alaska Beacon via Alaska Public Media · Alaska Public Media

2026-07-08 · Tracked. Vote target already slipped once, from July 1 to July 16.

OPEN TO YOU STATE LAND LEASE by JUL 17

STAK Energy's North Slope AI campus lease

DECIDES · ALASKA DNR, DIVISION OF OIL AND GAS

A preliminary decision would give STAK Energy a 50-year lease on 715.4 acres of state land about 26 miles south of Deadhorse for a gas-fired AI and cloud campus its developer pegs at more than $10 billion, with 1 to 3 gigawatts of on-site generation. More than 500 public comments arrived before the first deadline; fewer than a dozen supported the project.

Anyone can comment on docket ADL 422741 until 4:30 p.m. July 17; commenting preserves appeal rights on the final decision.

MAY 12Preliminary decision noticed (ADL 422741)

JUN 15Original comment deadline

JUN 17Comment period extended for volume and public interest

JUL 17Public comment closes, 4:30 p.m. AKDT

COMMENT NOW · CLOSES JUL 17

Sources · Alaska DNR Online Public Notices · Alaska DNR Online Public Notices · Northern Journal

2026-07-08 · Tracked. 500 plus comments on record, fewer than a dozen in favor; deadline already extended once.

CLOSED FEDERAL LEASE Pending decision

Air Force land leases for AI data centers at JBER, Eielson and Clear

DECIDES · DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE, ENHANCED USE LEASE PROGRAM

The Air Force offered about 4,700 acres across 12 parcels at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Eielson AFB and Clear Space Force Station for privately financed AI data centers. Residents near the five Eielson-area parcels raised noise, permafrost and grid concerns, including one parcel less than a mile from North Pole Middle School.

Proposals closed June 29 and are evaluated privately. No public comment period exists; no award timeline has been announced.

APR 10Program announced

JUN 5Request for lease proposals released

JUN 29Developer proposals due

Sources · U.S. Air Force · Fairbanks Daily News-Miner · Alaska's News Source

2026-07-08 · Tracked. Bids closed June 29; no public word yet on how many proposals arrived.

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