Proposed
Air Force AI data center land offer at Clear Space Force Station
Also called: Clear Space Force Station AI Data Center Site
The Air Force offered four parcels at Clear Space Force Station, south of Nenana, for private AI data centers. Developers would have to bring their own power. No company has been chosen.
Where things stand: The Air Force offered 4 parcels at Clear for private data centers. No company picked yet.
🕒 Latest update (June 29, 2026): Proposals were due (date as reported by the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner).
What we know
- 📍 WhereFour parcels at Clear Space Force Station near Anderson; one could connect to the GVEA grid from the Parks Highway, Anderson, Denali Borough
- 🏢 CompanyU.S. Department of the Air Force (land owner; developer not chosen)
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromPossibly Golden Valley Electric (GVEA) power; GVEA says it cannot support a large data center now.
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- Has the Air Force picked any company to lease land for a data center? 🙋 I'll find out
- Where would the power come from, given the local gas shortage? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- April 10, 2026The Air Force asked companies for proposals to lease about 4,700 acres at JBER, Eielson and Clear for private AI data centers (solicitation AFCEC-26-R-0006).
- June 29, 2026Proposals were due (date as reported by the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner).
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Photos: Sentinel-2 cloudless by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Where this comes from
- Proposed Air Force data center land leases raise some concerns · Fairbanks Daily News-Miner · June 11, 2026
- The military wants to host data centers in Alaska, raising questions about whether there's enough gas to power them · Anchorage Daily News · May 5, 2026
- Clear Space Force Station place lookup · OpenStreetMap Nominatim · Oct 8, 2026
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