New Delhi, July 10 -- EDMONTON - The next time Meta's recommendation algorithm decides what you see on Facebook, or its Llama AI model answers a developer's query, some of that computation may run through a C$13 billion facility under construction in Alberta - if Meta can secure the land, power, and regulatory approvals it needs to build it.

Meta announced this week that it plans to build its first data centre in Canada north of Edmonton, Alberta, a facility the company describes as its largest single infrastructure commitment outside the United States. The investment, worth approximately nine billion US dollars at current exchange rates, is part of a capital spending programme that has seen Meta commit over 60 billion dollars globally i...