India, July 12 -- Tech giant Meta has announced plans to build a new 1GW data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta, marking the company's first such facility in Canada.

The new data center will be designed to support Meta's artificial intelligence (AI) workloads and help power the technologies used by billions of people worldwide to connect, build communities, grow businesses, and experience its range of digital services and wearables, the company said in a statement.

Once completed, the Sturgeon County facility is expected to represent an investment of more than CAD $13 billion. Meta said the project will create significant employment opportunities, with around 3,000 construction workers expected to be engaged at the peak of development ...