Meta is investing CA$13 billion (US$9.17 billion) to establish its first Canadian data center and 33rd facility globally in Sturgeon County, Alberta.
The gigawatt-scale campus will utilize a closed-loop liquid cooling system and support 3,000 construction jobs alongside 300 permanent operational roles. Meta is also contributing CA$60 million toward local infrastructure while partnering on Project Greenlight (a CA$4.6 billion, 970MW natural gas generation facility) to support grid reliability and match 100% of the facility's electricity use with clean and renewable energy.
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GLDC's Saskatchewan project is a massive high-density data center project located in Strathcona County, Alberta, within the 33-Fort Saskatchewan planning area.
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GLDC's Saskatchewan project is a massive high-density data center project located in Strathcona County, Alberta, within the 33-Fort Saskatchewan planning area.
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This represents the planned future expansion of GLDC's Saskatchewan project.
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Beacon AI Centers is planning to build a new data center campus known as the Beacon Heartland Artificial Intelligence Hub.
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Founded in 2004, Facebook needs no introduction as the world's largest social network. All the status updates, family photos and videos add up and create a need for a massive amount of storage and compute. Facebook maintains a growing stable of data centers spread across the world.
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