Meta has announced plans to build its first-ever data center in Canada, marking one of the company's biggest international investments as the race to expand artificial intelligence infrastructure accelerates.
The tech giant said it will invest C$13 billion ($9.17 billion) to develop a 1-gigawatt AI data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta. Once operational, the facility is expected to consume roughly the same amount of electricity as 800,000 homes, highlighting the enormous energy demands of next-generation AI systems, according to a report in Reuters. The Alberta project will become Meta's 33rd data center globally and its first in Canada.
