Meta plans $13 billion AI data centre north of Edmonton in Sturgeon County
The tech giant will build its first Canadian AI data centre on 1,750 acres consuming 1 gigawatt of electricity, with a $4.6 billion natural gas plant to follow.
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Meta plans to build its first AI data centre in Canada north of Edmonton, with an investment of $13 billion and a power footprint that rivals the entire city's consumption.
The facility will be constructed on 1,750 acres of land in Sturgeon County—an area larger than Stanley Park in Vancouver—and will draw 1 gigawatt of electricity. For context, Edmonton draws approximately 1.4 gigawatts total.
To meet the facility's unprecedented power demands, a $4.6 billion natural gas plant will be built in Sturgeon County by Pembina Pipeline Corp. and two partners. AI development has driven unprecedented demand for data centres globally, as the computing power required to train and run large language models continues to escalate.
The project represents a major commitment to Canadian infrastructure and reflects the urgent capacity race among tech giants to secure data-centre sites capable of supporting next-generation artificial intelligence systems.
