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Meta announces its first data center in Canada, a 1GW facility in Alberta that will cost the company about $9B and take two to three years to construct (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

Techmeme / 08 July 2026 / 2h ago

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Jonathan Vanian / CNBC : Meta announces its first data center in Canada, a 1GW facility in Alberta that will cost the company about $9B and take two to three years to construct — Meta's AI expansion is heading north of the border. — The company said in a blog post on Wednesday that it's building its first data center …

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Meta announces its first data center in Canada, a 1GW facility in Alberta that will cost the company about $9B and take two to three years to construct (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

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