Alaska’s economic development agency plans a Mat-Su industrial park, with data centers

By: Amy Bushatz, Mat-Su Sentinel, Herz, Northern Journal-Anchorage Press

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: July 16, 2026

Words: 1,123

Last Updated: 5 days, 4 hours ago

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Alaska’s economic development agency is envisioning a new industrial park with data centers and a freight hub on a 30-square-mile parcel of state land just north of the thinly settled city of Houston, in the Mat-Su region some 60 road miles north of Anchorage.

The state Department of Natural Resources last week proposed transferring the parcel to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, or AIDEA, at no cost for what AIDEA calls a …

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