Terra Energy Center campus at Port MacKenzie (seeking data center tenants)
Also called: Terra Energy Center Campus, Terra Energy Center Corp.
Terra Energy wants to build a coal power plant in the Mat-Su and is looking for a big power customer, such as a data center, for an industrial campus at Port MacKenzie. The borough agreed to help market its land but did not promise to sell or lease it or allow a data center. No data center company has been named.
Where things stand: Mat-Su Assembly approved a 2-year marketing partnership in March 2026 (over the mayor's veto). No data center company is signed.
🕒 Latest update (May 2026): Terra Energy signed a 20-year lease for 829 acres of University of Alaska land at Port MacKenzie. Building would start in 2029.
What we know
- 📍 WherePort MacKenzie uplands near Lake Lorraine, Point MacKenzie: about 1,000 acres of borough land under a short-term permit, plus 829 acres leased from the University of Alaska, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- 🏢 CompanyTerra Energy Center Corp.
- 🏛️ Owned byFlatlands Energy (part of Alaska Asia Clean Energy Corp.)
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromA planned coal power plant near Skwentna (up to 1.25 gigawatts), which needs a big power customer such as a data center.
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- Will a data center company actually sign on at Port MacKenzie? 🙋 I'll find out
- Will the borough approve a long-term lease of about 1,000 acres to Terra? 🙋 I'll find out
- Where would water come from, and what would happen to nearby salmon streams? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- March 2, 2026Mat-Su Assembly voted 5-2 for a two-year partnership with Terra Energy to find data center or other big power users for borough land.
- March 17, 2026The Assembly overrode Mayor Edna DeVries' veto, 6-1.
- May 2026Terra Energy signed a 20-year lease for 829 acres of University of Alaska land at Port MacKenzie. Building would start in 2029.
Local votes and rules
🤝 Agreement with the company
The Assembly voted 6-1 to override the mayor's veto and start a two-year partnership with Terra Energy Center Corp. Borough staff will help Terra find companies to build a data center or other big power user on borough land near Port MacKenzie, Big Lake or the planned West Susitna road. It does not require the borough to sell or lease land. The Assembly first passed it 5-2 on March 2.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- Assembly overrides veto, advances data center-related partnership · Mat-Su Sentinel · March 18, 2026
- Mat-Su Borough partners with coal plant developer seeking data center options · Alaska Business Magazine · April 15, 2026
- Large industrial, energy projects planned for leased UA land at Port MacKenzie · Anchorage Daily News / Mat-Su Sentinel · Oct 6, 2026
- Lake Lorraine place lookup · OpenStreetMap Nominatim · Oct 8, 2026
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