Meta to Build $13B Data Center North of Edmonton, its First in Canada

KEY POINTS The tech behemoth behind Facebook and Instagram says it plans to make Alberta home to its first artificial intelligence data center in Canada, and its largest outside the United States. The one-gigawatt data center will be powered by a natural gas-fired plant to be built by a consortium that includes Calgary-based Pembina Pipeline Ltd. Meta says its project is to feature a closed-loop water cooling system so it won’t draw water from the surrounding area. It also said it plans to spend $60 million to improve local infrastructure, such as roads and water systems.