'Meta Platforms Breaks Ground on Data Center in Western Canada'

 Meta Platforms said Wednesday it is opening an artificial-intelligence data center in the western Canadian province of Alberta.

Meta said the new center would be located in central Alberta, just northwest of the capital Edmonton. Meta said the data center comes with a price tag of 13 billion Canadian dollars, or the equivalent of $9.15 billion, and support employment for over 3,000 construction workers and more than 300 permanent staff. Meta added it is spending C$60 million in infrastructure upgrades in central Alberta.

This represents Meta's 33rd data center, but its first in Canada.

Last week, Pembina said it was proceeding with a C$4.6 billion, 932-megawatt gas-fired power plant near Meta's planned data center. Pembina is a lead partner in the limited partnership building the power plant, which includes Morgan Stanley's infrastructure arm and an Alberta-based asset manager, Kineticor.

In its release, Pembina said the power plant was meant to serve a major data center but declined to name the customer.

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