Alberta Premier Danielle Smith joined a virtual town hall on AI data centre development Thursday, as the Opposition NDP called for a moratorium on new approvals until stricter rules are in place. The …
Alberta Technology Minister Nate Glubish faced hostile questions and profanity at a second town hall in Redwater, where residents criticized the provincial government's plan for a $13-billion Meta AI …
Alberta's technology minister Nate Glubish will hold the first of several town halls in Lacombe on Aug. 19, 2026, to hear residents' views on AI data centres, amid pushback over water use, pollution a…
Alberta launched an online information hub and scheduled four public sessions on AI data centres on Aug. 7, responding to concerns about power, water and community costs, as Meta builds a reported $13…
Alberta is launching public town halls and an information website to address residents' concerns about AI data centre growth, as Meta Platforms Inc.'s $13 billion, one gigawatt campus in Sturgeon Coun…
Alberta is investing $50 million into the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) over five years, announced by Premier Danielle Smith. The funding, drawn from five provincial ministries, aims t…
Meta announced it will build its first Canadian data center in Alberta, investing $9 billion in a facility that can scale to 1.8 gigawatts to support its AI infrastructure. The project will rely on ne…
Meta announced a C$13 billion ($9.1 billion) AI data center in Alberta, Canada, its first in the country and largest outside the U.S., citing cheap energy and favorable regulations. The 1-gigawatt cam…
Meta announced plans to build a C$13 billion data centre in Sturgeon County, Alberta, its first in Canada and largest outside the US. The 1-gigawatt campus will be powered by a natural-gas plant from …
Meta is investing $10 billion to $13 billion in its first Canadian data center, an AI-optimized facility in Alberta powered by a new 932 MW natural gas plant, as part of a broader North American infra…
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced a provincial referendum scheduled for October 19, asking Albertans whether they wish to remain a province of Canada or begin the legal process toward a binding…