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Alberta Premier Offers Reassurances on Massive Meta Data Centre During Radio Show
The project would use 1 gigawatt of electricity and includes a $4.6 billion natural gas plant, officials said.
- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith reassured residents about Meta's $13-billion data centre planned north of Edmonton, stating it will not raise utility bills or strain the water supply.
- The data centre will use water equivalent to that of a golf course and employs a closed-loop cooling system to prevent local water draw.
- Surplus energy will power the data centre until the Greenlight Electricity Centre's new natural gas plant begins operation in 2030.
- Meta plans to invest $60 million in local infrastructure improvements, including roads and water systems in Sturgeon County.
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Alberta premier offers reassurances on massive Meta data centre during radio show
Danielle Smith spent much of her Saturday call-in radio show reassuring Albertans about tech giant Meta's plan to build a massive data centre in the province.
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