Alpha DAC Test Facility

Deep Sky Alpha is a technology-agnostic direct air capture (DAC) demonstration and innovation centre located in Innisfail, Alberta, Canada. It is the world’s first cross-technology carbon removal hub where multiple DAC systems can be deployed, operated, and evaluated side-by-side under identical conditions, accelerating the development, optimization, and scalability of DAC approaches to reduce cost and energy demands. Alpha is powered by 100 % renewable solar energy and designed to capture CO₂ from ambient air and permanently store it in deep geological saline formations — locking carbon underground for thousands of years with robust monitoring and verification. The facility is capable of removing about 3,000 tonnes of CO₂ per year through up to ten different capture technologies, and it supports real-world testing, data collection, and high-integrity carbon credit generation. Alpha began operations in August 2025, becoming North America’s first direct air capture facility to permanently sequester CO₂ underground and serving as a foundational centre to de-risk and inform larger Deep Sky projects across Canada and internationally.