# Meta — Breaking Ground on Meta’s First Data Center in Canada

- Company: Meta (meta.com)
- Announced: 2026-07-08T19:30:30+00:00
- Category: infrastructure-release
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://about.fb.com/news/2026/07/breaking-ground-on-metas-first-data-center-in-canada/
- Record: https://forck.live/items/9920-breaking-ground-on-meta-s-first-data-center-in-canada
- Subject: Meta AI

Meta is breaking ground on a 1GW data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta, its first in Canada and 33rd globally, optimized for AI workloads. The investment is more than CAD $13 billion, with approximately 3,000 construction workers expected at peak and over 300 operational jobs. Meta is also investing about CAD $60 million in local infrastructure and will match the data center's electricity use with 100% clean and renewable energy.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://about.fb.com/news/2026/07/breaking-ground-on-metas-first-data-center-in-canada/:

> We’re breaking ground on a new 1GW data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta — our first data center in Canada and 33rd in our global fleet. This data center will be optimized for our AI workloads

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