TORONTO — Aecon Group Inc. has announced that TRA, a consortium with Técnicas Reunidas Alberta, Inc. in which Aecon holds a majority share, has been awarded a multibillion-dollar contract by Greenlight Electricity Centre ProjectStatusPre-Construction/NegotiatedValue$4B – $5BLocationAB-643, Gibbons ABSectorPrivateTypeThermal Power GenerationData as of July 2, 2026 (GLEC) Limited Partnership, for a massive project in Sturgeon County, Alta.
The partnership is comprised of Pembina Pipeline Corporation, Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners and Kineticor Asset Management. The anticipated total cost of the project is around $4.6 billion.
Aecon has a $1.7 billion share of the contract value, which follows the completion of early engineering and development work.
The GLEC will be a 932 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle power generationfacility that serves a major data centre development, explains a release.
The site has the potential to be expanded to a generation capacity of 1,864 MW.
The GLEC is being developed to supply electricity to a co-located data centre and is anticipated to be one of Alberta’s largest new sources of dispatchable power generation.
“The rapid advancement of AI infrastructure, data centres, digital transformation and economic growth are driving one of the most significant power infrastructure investment cycles, and unprecedented demand for power generation in North America,” said Jean-Louis Servranckx, president and Chief Executive Officer of Aecon Group Inc., in a statement. “This contract award reflects Aecon’s multidisciplinary capabilities – supporting digital sovereignty and safely delivering large-scale, mission-critical infrastructure in sectors benefiting from long-term demand for power generation and grid expansion.”
The construction scope includes civil works for existing and future power islands as well as piping, mechanical, structural, electrical and instrumentation work for the balance of plant, gas metering station, switchyard and substation.
Construction is expected to commence in the third quarter of 2026, with anticipated completion in 2030.
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