Meta Platforms will invest around $10 billion to build its first data center in Canada as the company expands its infrastructure to support its artificial intelligence ambitions.
The Sturgeon County, Alberta-based data center will have one gigawatt of power capacity ¡ª the equivalent of the power used by around 750,000 homes ¡ª and will be largely run on natural gas-fired power. Meta said it¡¯s funding the new electrical generation, which will be connected to Alberta¡¯s grid.
The facility will require 3,000 construction workers, and once complete, will create 300 full-time jobs, Meta said in a statement on Wednesday. The data center will be Meta¡¯s largest outside the U.S., according to Gary Demasi, Meta¡¯s vice president of data center development and strategy.
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