Juno News Reports Meta Is Pembina's Unnamed Customer Behind $4.6B Alberta AI Data Centre Project
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Pembina Pipeline Corporation has approved a $4.6 billion gas-fired electricity centre in Sturgeon County, Alberta, to power a major AI data centre. Juno News reports the unnamed customer is Meta Platforms (parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp). The 932 MW Greenlight project highlights the growing challenge of securing enough electricity for AI data centres without straining Alberta's provincial grid.
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· 3 pulledThe question around Alberta's new AI data-centre push is no longer whether hyperscalers want land near Edmonton. It is whether they can secure enough electricity without colliding with the provincial grid.
Pembina Pipeline Corporation has now approved a $4.6 billion Greenlight Electricity Centre in Sturgeon County, and Juno News reports the unnamed data-centre customer is Meta Platforms, the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
Pembina has not publicly identified the customer. Its July 2 release says only that Greenlight will supply a 'major data centre development'
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