id: meta-alberta
name: Meta gigawatt-scale data center (Alberta)
operator: meta
status: announced
location:
  country: CA
  region: Alberta
metrics:
  investment_usd: 9170000000
first_seen: "2026-07-09"
last_updated: "2026-07-09"
confidence: low
sources:
  - url: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/meta-plans-917bn-gigawatt-scale-data-center-in-alberta-canada/
    title: "Meta plans $9.17bn gigawatt-scale data center in Alberta, Canada"
    publisher: Data Center Dynamics
    date: "2026-07-09"
    note: "Headline-only feed item."
signals:
  - sig-20260709-meta-alberta-capacity
  - sig-20260709-meta-alberta-investment
  - sig-20260709-meta-alberta-status
notes: >-
  Meta's first data center in Canada, a $9.17bn project in Alberta. Capacity is
  described only as "gigawatt-scale" with no numeric MW figure, so capacity_mw
  is left blank rather than invented.