Meta is building $13B AI data centre in Alberta; what does it mean for Canada?

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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. 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.tiktok.com/@globalnews.ca?lang=en #GlobalNews

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