Meta said Wednesday it plans to build a $9 billion data center in western Canada’s Alberta province, in what local officials called one of the largest private-sector investments ever in Canada.
Making the announcement in Calgary alongside Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, Meta’s vice president for data center development Gary Demasi said the facility will be the company’s largest outside the United States.
Smith said “Alberta is the ideal North American spot for data centers thanks to affordable electricity, flexible power generation, a cooler climate and a skilled workforce.”
“The global race for computing power is ramping up like never before,” she added.
The facility in Sturgeon County, Alberta, is set to span 2.9 million square feet (269,419 square meters).
