Meta plans to invest $9.17 billion in a cutting-edge data centre in Alberta, Canada, which will consume electricity equivalent to nearly 8 lakh homes.
Meta is building a C$13 billion data center in Alberta with 1GW capacity (expandable 1.8GW), consuming electricity of 800,000 homes. The investment reflects escalating AI compute costs and power consumption reshaping data center economics and infrastructure budgets globally.
The facility will be located in Sturgeon County
Jul 10, 2026
01:11 pm
What's the storyMeta has announced plans to build a massive new data center in Alberta, Canada.
The facility will cost C$13 billion (approximately $9.17 billion) and will be Meta's first data center in the country and its 33rd globally.
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