Danielle Smith announces deal with Meta to build new AI data centre in Alberta

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced Wednesday that Alberta will be home to Meta's first artificial intelligence (AI) data centre in Canada. The tech company behind Facebook says the $13-billion project is to be located in Sturgeon County, north of Edmonton. Smith celebrated the announcement, saying it will create thousands of jobs and bring millions of new revenue to the province. Meta says the one-gigawatt data centre will be powered by a natural gas power plant. It's to feature a closed-loop water cooling system, so it won't draw water from the surrounding area and it will also spend $60 million to improve local infrastructure, such as roads and water systems. Sturgeon County Mayor Alanna Hnatiw says the community welcomes the project and is excited to work with Meta. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on TikTok HERE: https://www.tik

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