What Does Meta’s Data Centre Mean for Albertans? - The Gauntlet

Canada Set for AI Data Centre Boom as Opposition Mounts

Meta’s newly announced $13 billion AI data centre campus in Alberta will require as much electricity as 800,000 homes. The Sturgeon County project is one of the largest AI data centre developments announced in Canada to date, as technology companies search for abundant land, electricity, and water to power the rapid growth of artificial intelligence. Some are racing to attract those investments, seeing AI data centres as a source of jobs, econom…

What does Meta’s data centre mean for Albertans? - The Gauntlet

By Iebe Theunissen, August 6 2026— On July 8, tech giant Meta and the Alberta government announced plans for a one-gigawatt, $13-billion data centre to be built in Sturgeon County, just north of Edmonton.  The project comes amid growing interest … Read the rest The post What does Meta’s data centre mean for Albertans? appeared first on The Gauntlet.