Meta will build its first Canadian data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta, a $13 billion project spanning 2.9 million square feet across 1,750 acres. It becomes Meta's 33rd global data center and its largest outside the United States.
At full buildout the facility will draw roughly 1.8 gigawatts of power, combining about 970 megawatts of grid electricity (including a 10-year, 250-megawatt supply deal with Capital Power) with on-site natural gas generation from the nearby Greenlight Electricity Centre. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said the province can "compete with any jurisdiction on Earth," while Technology Minister Nate Glubish called it the largest data center project in Canadian history.
The announcement follows an internal Meta memo revealing long-term supply agreements with Samsung, SanDisk and Sumitomo Electric to support a plan to double the company's AI computing capacity from 7 gigawatts in 2026 to 14 gigawatts in 2027, alongside a jump in annual capital expenditure to $145 billion. The Alberta project alone is expected to create over 3,000 construction jobs and 300 permanent roles, generating an estimated $250 million a year for the province in royalties, taxes and fees.