Stranded coal infraIX B
Navajo Generating Station / Kayenta Mine corridor
Navajo Nation
Page, AZ, US · 2250 MW
2,250 MW coal plant ceased commercial generation 2019; primary stack demolished Oct 2024. 500 kV transmission to Phoenix + Las Vegas, Lake Powell water rights, 44,000-ac footprint, switchyard, rail spur. FAS (2025) flagged as candidate for adaptive reuse for AI data centers. Navajo Nation has NO moratorium and runs the Innava commercial DC via Nova Corp.
Partner: (Salt River Project — former operator)
Class 1 — stranded infra
Stranded coal infraIX C
Westmoreland coal lease lands / Colstrip corridor
Crow Nation
Crow Agency, MT, US
Crow Nation economy depended on coal royalties from Westmoreland Absaloka Mine (closed 2021–22), Spring Creek complex, plus retired Colstrip Units 1&2 (2020). Existing 500 kV Colstrip transmission corridor to PNW markets. FAS flagged Crow alongside Navajo/Hopi as a stranded-infrastructure candidate.
Class 1 — stranded infra
MoratoriumIX C
Sault Tribe M-28 site (Innova Capital Partners discovery)
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Upper Peninsula (M-28 site), MI, US
Innova was in discovery phase for an M-28 UP site; community pushback at March 24 board meeting drove a unanimous April 7 2026 moratorium. Innova has stated diligence on a tribal-trust-land DC strategy and just lost their site — actively hunting for the next tribal partner.
Partner: Innova Capital Partners (NY)
Class 2 — orphaned developer
Unanimous moratorium, April 7 2026
MoratoriumIX C
Unnamed startup approach (NDA + LOI)
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Wewoka, OK, US
A startup approached the Tribal Council with NDA + LOI before disclosing details. Council passed unanimous moratorium March 7 2026 (covers genAI + hyperscale). Resolution sponsor Glen Chebon Kernell has direct knowledge of the developer.
Class 2 — orphaned developer
24–0 unanimous, March 7 2026
Active oppositionIX B
Mvskoke Tech Park (Looped Square Ranch)
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Okmulgee County (Looped Square Ranch), OK, US
5,570-acre food-sovereignty / cattle land rezoning to data center park. Citizen pressure was about water + ag conflict on the specific site, not data centers categorically. National Council voted down 4–11 (Nov 2025). Subsequent ballot initiatives postponed to November. Lower-confidence candidate — wrong site, possibly right tribe?
Class 2 — orphaned developer
4–11 vote Nov 2025; legislation postponed to Nov
OperatingIX A
NTUA Shiprock Tier 3 Data Center
Navajo Nation (NTUA)
Shiprock, NM, US
Operating since ~2012 on sovereign Navajo land. Tier 3 colocation with dual substation feed, redundant generators, 10 Gbps backhaul over NTUA's tribal fiber network. NTUA is simultaneously planning phased San Juan region DC hub expansion with Lion Point Capital (Dec 2025).
Partner: Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
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Approved / constructionIX A
Amphix AI & Energy Campus (Colusa Indian Energy)
Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians (Colusa Indian Community)
Colusa, CA, US · 100 MW
March 2026 RES announcement: tribally-owned Colusa Indian Energy partners with Strata Expanse for an Amphix Center of Excellence on reservation land, interconnection to the tribe's 20+ year islanded microgrid. Plans to expand on-site generation beyond 100 MW within 18 months — DOE tribal DC guidance explicitly cites trunk fiber as a siting criterion here.
Partner: Strata Expanse
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Partnership announced March 2026 (RES Las Vegas)
Approved / constructionIX B
Mihta Askiy Datacenter
Woodland Cree First Nation
NE of Peace River, AB, CA · 650 MW
Two 200 MW Siemens turbines already procured + grid backup + on-site natural gas. Partially-built gas plant being acquired; gas startup mid-2027. The most committed, most-shovel-ready Indigenous-led project in North America as of May 2026 — they will be hunting tenants. Obvious destination for developers stranded by Wonder Valley-style opposition.
Partner: Sovereign Digital Infrastructure
Class 3 — Canada approved
Equipment procured; gas startup ~mid-2027
Feasibility studyIX B
Cherokee Nation EO 2026-02-CTH task force
Cherokee Nation
Tahlequah (7,000 sq mi reservation), OK, US
EO signed Feb 24 2026. Task force report due June 30 2026. Internal study, no commercial partner yet — but the Notion access notes named Todd Gord (Cherokee Nation) as the Konative path to Stitt.
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EO signed Feb 24 2026; report due June 30 2026
OperatingIX A
Innava Data Solutions (Nova Corp / DDC)
Navajo Nation
Albuquerque, NM, US
Operating since 2011. ~50–80k sq ft (130k bldg). SLA waives sovereign immunity for customers. DoD / DOE / state-of-NM customers. Demonstrates that Diné Development Corp / Nova Corp is technically and contractually sophisticated.
Partner: Nova Corp / Diné Development Corp
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MoratoriumIX C
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians DC moratorium
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Cherokee, NC, US
Dinilawigi (Tribal Council) passed Ord. No. 158 (2026) 11–0 indefinite moratorium May 7 2026. Passed largely on regional water/community concerns; no specific developer publicly named.
Class 2 — orphaned developer
11–0, May 7 2026 (Ord. No. 158)
Approved / constructionIX B
Foxtail Flats / Four Mile Mesa solar → Meta offtake
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
Near Farmington (NM reservation lands), NM, US · 270 MW
Energy-not-host model: 270 MW solar + 180 MW BESS on Ute Mountain Ute reservation lands. Four Mile Mesa offtake explicitly supports Meta's Albuquerque-area DC load. Broke ground May 2026; COD ~2027. Reuses San Juan Generating Station transmission corridor.
Partner: DESRI (D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments)
Context
Groundbreaking May 14 2026; COD expected 2027
Feasibility studyIX B
San Juan region data center hub (Lion Point Capital)
Navajo Nation
Nenahnezaad / San Juan chapters, NM, US
Dec 2025 OPVP meeting: NTUA + Lion Point presented phased DC hub strategy for Nenahnezaad and San Juan chapters. Primary tract has community resolutions, environmental review, and cultural clearances complete; additional tracts in early review. Complements existing Shiprock Tier 3 facility.
Partner: Lion Point Capital, L.P.
Context
President Nygren meeting Dec 2025; land readiness confirmed
Approved / constructionIX C
Prophet River — ABCT Pacific (VCC) DC
Prophet River First Nation
Near Fort St. John, BC, CA
LOI signed March 5 2025. Real value is the Site C Dam (~1.1 GW clean hydro). Cooler climate + BC Hydro tariff. Earliest of the three Canadian projects to potentially restructure if a stranded developer arrived with a turnkey design.
Partner: ABCT Pacific (VCC) Ltd
Class 3 — Canada approved
LOI signed March 5 2025
Feasibility studyIX C
Wind River feasibility study
Northern Arapaho
Wind River Indian Reservation, WY, US
Feasibility study approved 2024; "large climate-controlled" sized. $50K Wyoming Business Council grant. No partner named yet — early-stage opportunity to pre-position.
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OperatingIX B
Wiikwemkoong sovereign data centre
Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory
Wiikwemkoong (Manitoulin Island), ON, CA
Containerized data centre delivered May 23 2025 at the administration building — digital sovereignty play migrating tribal programs, health, education, and Anishinaabe language archives off Microsoft Azure. Community-scale, not hyperscale — but operating proof of FN-led sovereign compute.
Context
Delivered May 23 2025
Approved / constructionIX B
TBCP broadband + tribal data center build
Hoopa Valley Tribe
Hoopa, CA, US
$65.1M NTIA TBCP award (2023) funds fiber to 1,045+ households, wireless towers, workforce training, and construction of a tribal data center to house network equipment — enabling edge sovereignty in remote NW California. Middle-mile partnership with California adds 23 mi regional fiber.
Partner: Hoopa Valley Public Utilities District
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TBCP award $65,140,407; construction underway 2025–26
Approved / constructionIX B
Bell / iTel data centre on Lot 87
Upper Nicola Band
Near Nicola Lake (Merritt), BC, CA
$500M, 100–150 acres, ~200 permanent + 2,000 construction jobs. Part of a 6-site Bell/iTel BC plan (3 in Kamloops). Community vote: 98–33 (75%). Locked Bell + iTel as anchors — less pivot-able for stranded-developer thesis but the benchmark for "deal economics done right."
Partner: Bell Canada + iTel Networks
Class 3 — Canada approved
98–33 (75%) approved by membership
Stranded coal infraIX C
Hopi Tribe — adjacent to Navajo / Kayenta closures
Hopi Tribe
Kykotsmovi Village, AZ, US
Adjacent stranded coal opportunity on the Kayenta side. Smaller land base than Navajo and historically more political reluctance. Worth a phone call but not a primary target.
Class 1 — stranded infra
Feasibility studyIX B
Malahat-DMG Indigenous-led AI campus
Malahat Nation
Mill Bay (Vancouver Island), BC, CA · 30 MW
2024 MOU for 30 MW sovereign AI DC split evenly with DMG; Oct 2025 second MOU for Malahat-majority regulated utility (MDULP) supplying power + FortisBC gas to Malahat lands. Definitive agreements still pending — benchmark for BC FN utility-led DC model alongside Mihta Askiy.
Partner: DMG Blockchain Solutions
Class 3 — Canada approved
MOU Oct 28 2025 (utility); 2024 MOU (30 MW DC)
Approved / constructionIX B
Bell Canada AI data centre (urban reserve)
George Gordon First Nation
Near Regina (RM of Sherwood), SK, CA
233-ha urban reserve near U. of Regina / Sask Polytech. Documents filed with RM of Sherwood; talks ongoing. One band member raising water/source-disclosure concerns.
Partner: Bell Canada (in talks)
Class 3 — Canada approved
Feasibility studyIX C
Colville microgrid program → future DC hosting
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Nespelem / Omak / Inchelium / Keller, WA, US
Nov 2025 OATI partnership deploying solar+storage microgrids at government center, Paschal Sherman Indian School, Keller, and Inchelium. Not a DC project yet — but tribal leadership and OATI explicitly cite future data center hosting on tribally-owned utility/telecom infrastructure.
Partner: Open Access Technology International (OATI)
Context
OperatingIX A
Data Holdings (Potawatomi Ventures)
Forest County Potawatomi
Milwaukee, WI, US
Operating, Tier III+. Hosts Milwaukee Internet Exchange (MIX). Off-reservation but tribally owned.
Partner: Potawatomi Ventures
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Active oppositionIX B
Wonder Valley opposition (O'Leary Ventures, $70B)
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation
MD of Greenview (near Grande Prairie), AB, CA
Project sits on Sturgeon Lake's traditional territory. Nation issued cease-and-desist to Premier Smith, lost AB EAB challenge, now appealing to AB superior court. Project granted EIA exemption. DeSmog headlined "wheels falling off" Feb 2025. Counterpoint to Mihta Askiy: same province, opposite story.
Partner: O'Leary Ventures
Context
Active oppositionIX B
Massena industrial-zone code change opposition
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (Akwesasne)
Massena, NY, US
Concerns: water intake, downstream PCB legacy from Alcoa/GM, electric rates. Opposition to a town-level industrial-zone code change.
Context
Active oppositionIX B
Hyperscale Data / Alliance Cloud Services 49-acre expansion
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Dowagiac, MI, US
Concerns about open-loop cooling drawing aquifer water. Pokagon stance — "not opposed, want transparency" — confirms the pattern: tribes want to be partners early, not surprised late.
Context
OperatingIX B
Choctaw Nation HQ Data Center / EOC
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Durant, OK, US
Internal tribal IT — not a commercial colocation. Included for context: tribally-owned operating DC capability.
Context
Active oppositionIX C
WA statewide DC tax incentive opposition
Yakama Nation
Toppenish, WA, US
Yakama Nation issued findings & recommendations Nov 10 2025 opposing continuation of state DC tax incentives without salmon and tribal-resource protections. Statewide policy opposition rather than a single project.
Context
Findings published Nov 10 2025
OperatingIX A
Salt River Pima-Maricopa cultural digital preservation DC
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Scottsdale area, AZ, US
Operating tribal data center supporting cultural digital preservation and community IT — cited in DOE tribal DC outreach as an example of sovereignty-aware infrastructure beyond hyperscale land leases. Strong Phoenix metro interconnect.
Context
Feasibility studyIX C
Quantica Big Sky Digital campus (adjacent fee simple)
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (adjacent)
Near Busby / Otter Creek area, MT, US · 500 MW
Large Montana AI campus proposed on fee-simple lands adjacent to Northern Cheyenne reservation — not tribally owned but within traditional territory and Honor the Earth tracking radius. Early-stage; interconnect requires significant lateral build from Billings/PNW routes.
Partner: Quantica Big Sky Digital
Context
OperatingIX C
Native BioData Consortium edge facility
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Eagle Butte area, SD, US
Indigenous-led biorepository with edge compute on Cheyenne River homelands — operating context for sovereign data governance, not hyperscale colo. Remote interconnect (Tier C) but politically significant for tribal data sovereignty narrative.
Partner: Native BioData Consortium
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Active oppositionIX B
STAMP / Project Double Reed (Science & Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park)
Tonawanda Seneca Nation (traditional territory)
Genesee County (STAMP), NY, US · 500 MW
500 MW proposed at NY STAMP industrial park near Tonawanda Seneca traditional territory. Nation has raised treaty-rights and environmental concerns — parallel to Saint Regis Mohawk opposition pattern in NY industrial zones.
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Active oppositionIX B
Google Project Spring (Osage Nation overlap)
Osage Nation
Sand Springs / Tulsa metro, OK, US
Google hyperscale campus approved locally in Osage reservation overlap area. Nation raised sovereignty and consultation concerns — water and grid load themes echo Muscogee/Seminole Oklahoma pattern.
Partner: Google
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Active oppositionIX B
Pima County DC approval (San Xavier District excluded)
Tohono O'odham Nation (San Xavier District)
Tucson metro, AZ, US
Pima County approved data center zoning while San Xavier District of Tohono O'odham Nation was excluded from the decision process. Opposition centers on watershed impacts and consultation failures — sovereignty overlay on metro Tucson interconnect (Tier B).
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