Meta building first Canadian data center in Alberta—1GW AI facility costing $9B, taking 2-3 years amid aggressive expansion to compete with Amazon, Microsoft, Google in cloud infrastructure race.

Meta is building its first big Canadian data center as AI expansion crosses the border

A rendering of Meta's new 1GW, AI-optimized data center in Alberta, Canada.Courtesy: MetaMeta's AI expansion is heading north of the border. The company said in a blog post on Wednesday that it's building its first data center in Canada, a 1 gigawatt facility in the province of Alberta that will cost Meta about $9 billion and take two to three years to construct. It's Meta's 33rd data center overall and the latest in the company's effort to rapidly build out to meet demand for artificial intelli...