https://alaskaaihq.com/docket/ Every AI infrastructure decision tracked in Alaska, as it moves. Comment windows, deadlines, votes and filings. en-us Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://alaskaaihq.com/docket/#adl-422741-stak-north-slope-lease alaska-ai-docket-adl-422741-stak-north-slope-lease-2026-07-26 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 state-land-lease 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. The written comment window closed 4:30 p.m. July 17, 2026. DNR now weighs more than 500 comments before a final best-interest decision on the 50-year lease. No public comment path remains open. Status, pending-decision. https://alaskaaihq.com/docket/#aklng-tax-bill-second-special-session alaska-ai-docket-aklng-tax-bill-second-special-session-2026-07-26 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 legislation 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. Status, pending-decision. https://alaskaaihq.com/docket/#aidea-houston-industrial-park alaska-ai-docket-aidea-houston-industrial-park-2026-07-26 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 state-land-lease A DNR preliminary decision would transfer about 20,000 acres, roughly 30 square miles, of state land just north of Houston in the Mat-Su to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority at no charge, a state subsidy meant to seed a multi-use industrial and energy district that includes scalable data centers and a logistics hub about 60 road miles north of Anchorage. Public comment runs through August 19. Anyone can comment on the DNR preliminary decision to transfer the land to AIDEA through 5 p.m. August 19, 2026, on the DNR website. This is now the one open comment room among the tracked decisions. Status, open-for-comment. https://alaskaaihq.com/docket/#ratepayer-protection-pledge-alaska-utilities alaska-ai-docket-ratepayer-protection-pledge-alaska-utilities-2026-07-26 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 other The White House Ratepayer Protection Pledge asks AI companies, utilities and data center developers to commit that new data center load pays for its own generation and delivery instead of shifting the cost onto households. USA TODAY and POWER both describe it as voluntary and non binding. Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed the governors addendum on July 23, 2026, one of 23 governors. Read live on July 26, 2026 the signatory list showed a single Alaska entity, Cordova Electric Cooperative, a 1,566 customer cooperative that is not connected by transmission line to any other community. Alaska's electric cooperatives are governed by boards their own members elect, so a member can ask their board directly whether it intends to sign. A voluntary federal pledge has no public comment docket, which is why this room is indirect rather than open. Status, watching. https://alaskaaihq.com/docket/#air-force-eul-ai-data-centers alaska-ai-docket-air-force-eul-ai-data-centers-2026-07-25 Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 federal-lease 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. Status, pending-decision. https://alaskaaihq.com/docket/#gvea-lm6000-turbine-purchase alaska-ai-docket-gvea-lm6000-turbine-purchase-2026-07-18 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 utility-decision 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. Status, pending-decision. https://alaskaaihq.com/docket/#anchorage-ao-2026-27-data-center-zoning alaska-ai-docket-anchorage-ao-2026-27-data-center-zoning-2026-07-18 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 legislation On March 27, 2026 the Anchorage Assembly adopted ordinance AO 2026-27 in a 10 to 2 vote, defining data centers in the municipal zoning code for the first time. It confines them to commercial and industrial zones, requires landscaping buffers and enclosed power equipment, and requires written statements from electric and water utilities that the grid has sufficient system capacity before a project proceeds. Members Scott Myers and Keith McCormick voted against it. The elected Anchorage Assembly adopted the ordinance in a public 10 to 2 vote. Residents reach it through Assembly elections and public testimony. Status, decided. https://alaskaaihq.com/docket/#hb-259-data-center-utility-standards alaska-ai-docket-hb-259-data-center-utility-standards-2026-07-18 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 legislation HB 259, introduced by Rep. Donna Mears in January 2026, would set utility rate-setting guidelines and community benefit standards for large energy use facilities such as data centers. It was referred to the House Energy Committee and has not advanced, so Alaska has no statewide cost-allocation rule governing how a large data-center load is billed against other ratepayers. Legislators decide. Constituents reach the bill through their representatives and committee testimony. It has not moved out of the House Energy Committee. Status, pending-decision. https://alaskaaihq.com/docket/#enstar-cook-inlet-gas-storage alaska-ai-docket-enstar-cook-inlet-gas-storage-2026-07-11 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 regulatory-docket On July 10, 2026 the Anchorage Daily News reported the RCA issued a 17-page order denying Enstar's request for an advance determination that its proposed Cook Inlet gas storage project was prudent, saying the utility lacked basic information. The $240 million project would have bought the depleted Kenai Loop Pool reservoir from AIX Energy to hold 25 billion cubic feet of gas, close to half Enstar's annual demand, adding up to $12 a month to the average bill. Enstar and Hilcorp have competing DNR lease applications for the same pool, and DNR has not confirmed it is technically capable of storing gas. Without approval, Enstar president John Sims said the company suspended the project. The RCA is a governor-appointed, legislature-confirmed commission; the public reaches its dockets through formal comment and intervention. This prudency request has been decided (denied); the underlying DNR storage-lease question is still open. Status, decided.