Meta AI Data Centre in Sturgeon County
Sector: Data Center • Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Source: Calgary Journal
Meta plans to build a $13 billion, one-gigawatt, nearly 270,000-square-metre artificial intelligence data centre powered by a natural gas-fired plant in Sturgeon County, Alberta, north of Edmonton. This will be Meta's first AI data centre in Canada and its largest outside the United States. The project includes a closed-loop water cooling system to minimize water use and a $60 million investment i
- Status
- Prospective
- Sector
- Data Center, Manufacturing (Industrial), Natural Gas, Water Supply and Storage
- Location
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- Calgary Journal
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Description | Meta plans to build a $13 billion, one-gigawatt, nearly 270,000-square-metre artificial intelligence data centre powered by a natural gas-fired plant in Sturgeon County, Alberta, north of Edmonton. This will be Meta's first AI data centre in Canada and its largest outside the United States. The project includes a closed-loop water cooling system to minimize water use and a $60 million investment in local infrastructure improvements. |
Original sector | Technology |
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Country | Canada |
State | Alberta |
City | Edmonton |
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Source | Calgary Journal |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Data Center, Manufacturing (Industrial), Natural Gas, Water Supply and Storage |
Article published date | 2026-07-12 |
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