Why did Meta pick Alberta to build its $13B AI data centre in Canada?
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Published1 week ago
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Tech giant Meta plans to spend $13 billion to build an AI-focused data centre in Alberta's Sturgeon County.
This will be Meta's first data centre in Canada, its largest outside of the U.S.
Experts attribute this move to Alberta's climate and also have some suggestions for the tech giant.
Marina Freire Gormaly, Associate Professor at York University's Department of Mechanical Engineering, joins Global’s Nivrita Ganguly to discuss the technology powering this technology and its likely impact.
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