Meta will invest C$13 billion to build its first Canadian AI data center in Alberta. This massive facility will require electricity equivalent to 800,000 homes. The company plans to offset energy use with renewable projects and minimize water consumption. Alberta's affordable energy and colder climate made it an attractive location for this project. This investment signifies a major step in Meta's global AI infrastructure expansion.

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.