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Meta plans billions for first AI data center in Canada, largest outside the US

Headline from KGW Portland

Facebook and Instagram parent Meta said Wednesday it will invest more than 13 billion Canadian dollars ($9.1 billion) to build its first AI data center in Canada.

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  1. WFMZ Allentown

    Meta to build $9 billion data center in western Canada (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    Meta said Wednesday it plans to build a $9 billion data center in western Canada's Alberta province, in what local officials called one of the largest private-sector investments ever in Canada.

  2. KGW Portland

    Meta plans billions for first AI data center in Canada, largest outside the US (opens KGW Portland)

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    Facebook and Instagram parent Meta said Wednesday it will invest more than 13 billion Canadian dollars ($9.1 billion) to build its first AI data center in Canada.

  3. Digital Journal

    Meta bets $13 billion on Alberta with first Canadian data centre (opens Digital Journal)

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    Meta will build a gigawatt-scale campus in Sturgeon County that ranks as Alberta's largest data centre, powered by natural gas and tied to the province's push to attract AI investment.

  4. Insider

    Canada's getting its first Meta data center, and it's built for AI (opens Insider)

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    Meta said it's investing $9 billion to build a new data center in Alberta, Canada, making it the company's 33rd data center in the world.

  5. Quartz

    Meta is building its first Canadian data center, a $9 billion AI facility in Alberta (opens Quartz)

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    The 1-gigawatt facility in Sturgeon County will be Meta's largest data center outside the U.S. and its 33rd globally

  6. BizPac Review

    Meta to shell out billions for new AI data center outside US (opens BizPac Review)

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    California-based technology giant Meta announced Wednesday that it is constructing its first artificial intelligence data center in Canada. Meta said in a press release that its new […]

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