Meta has doubled down on AI, pledging hundreds of billions of dollars to build large AI data centers in the U.S. The Alberta announcement represents the company's 33rd data center globally.

What will be Canada's largest data centre campus in Sturgeon Country, about 35 km north of Edmonton, will be geared towards AI workloads.

We’re breaking ground on a new 1GW, AI-optimized data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta — our first data center in Canada and 33rd in our global fleet.