Data Center Atlas
Meta Sturgeon County Alberta Data Center
Under construction
Canada · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Meta's first data centre in Canada, a 1 GW campus optimized for its AI workloads in Sturgeon County, Alberta, in the Edmonton region, with more than CA$13 billion of planned investment. Meta announced the groundbreaking in July 2026. Meta says it is fully funding new generation and grid infrastructure in Alberta and names Greenlight Limited Partnership, AltaLink, Capital Power and the Alberta Electric System Operator as energy-planning partners. Frost Collective, a joint venture of Clark Builders and PCL Construction, is the general contractor. The project website's page description cites 1.6 GW, which differs from Meta's 1 GW figure.
Source record as of 2026-07-08 · Details and sources
Location
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Project locator; building footprints are not mapped.
Projects (1)
Meta Sturgeon County Alberta Current Campus Build
Under construction last observed as of · Authoritative construction start
Location: Sturgeon County, Alberta, CA. County point from OpenStreetMap Nominatim; Meta names Sturgeon County but no specific site, and the project website places it in the Edmonton region. Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms; Sturgeon Data Centre project website
Use: Ai unspecified
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | 1,000 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2026-07-08 | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms | |
| Power capacity | 1,600 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2026-10-09 | Appears only in the project website's page description metadata, not its visible text, as read on 2026-10-09; conflicts with Meta's 1 GW announcement. | Sturgeon Data Centre project website |
| Investment | more than 13,000,000,000 CAD | Announced · Campus | 2026-07-08 | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms | |
| Jobs construction | about 3,000 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-07-08 | Peak construction workforce. The fact sheet also says the general contractor will manage more than 3,000 workers at peak, and the project website gives more than 3,000. | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms |
| Jobs permanent | more than 300 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-07-08 | Meta's fact sheet gives about 300. | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Platforms | Developer | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms | |
| Frost Collective | Builder | General contractor; a joint venture of Clark Builders and PCL Construction. | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms |
| Clark Builders | Builder | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms; Sturgeon Data Centre project website | |
| PCL Construction | Builder | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms; Sturgeon Data Centre project website | |
| AltaLink | Utility | Named by Meta as an energy-planning partner; supply terms not disclosed. | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms |
| Greenlight Limited Partnership | Power supplier | Named by Meta as an energy-planning partner; supply terms not disclosed. | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms |
| Capital Power | Power supplier | Named by Meta as an energy-planning partner (spelled Capitol Power in the newsroom post); supply terms not disclosed. | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms |
| Sturgeon County | Government | Meta says it pays the county the full cost of water and wastewater service. | Meta Platforms |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-08 | Announced | Actual | Meta described it as its first data center in Canada. | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms |
| 2026-07 | Construction started | Actual | Meta announced the groundbreaking on 2026-07-08; the exact start of site works is not given. | Meta Platforms |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Grid | Meta says it planned its energy needs with Greenlight Limited Partnership, AltaLink, Capital Power and the Alberta Electric System Operator, is fully funding new generation and grid infrastructure in Alberta, and will match the site's electricity use with clean energy. The generation type is not specified. | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms |
Meta's fact sheet PDF (s3) shows no publication date; its embedded file creation date is in early September 2026. The project website (s4) is undated; its 1.6 GW figure carries the date it was read (2026-10-09).
Sources for these details
- Breaking Ground on Meta's First Data Center in Canada — Meta Platforms; 2026-07-08 · Archived source
- Hello, Sturgeon County! — Meta Platforms; 2026-07-08
- Meta Sturgeon Data Centre fact sheet — Meta Platforms; publication date not stated
- Sturgeon Data Centre — Sturgeon Data Centre project website; publication date not stated
- Companies
- Developer: Meta Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Meta Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Builder: Frost Collective (unknown scope) evidence
- Builder: Frost Collective (unknown scope) evidence
- Builder: Clark Builders (unknown scope) evidence
- Builder: Clark Builders (unknown scope) evidence
- Builder: Clark Builders (unknown scope) evidence
- Builder: PCL Construction (unknown scope) evidence
- Builder: PCL Construction (unknown scope) evidence
- Builder: PCL Construction (unknown scope) evidence
- Utility: AltaLink (unknown scope) evidence
- Utility: AltaLink (unknown scope) evidence
- Utility: AltaLink (unknown scope) evidence
- Power Supplier: Greenlight Limited Partnership (unknown scope) evidence
- Power Supplier: Greenlight Limited Partnership (unknown scope) evidence
- Power Supplier: Greenlight Limited Partnership (unknown scope) evidence
- Power Supplier: Capital Power (unknown scope) evidence
- Power Supplier: Capital Power (unknown scope) evidence
- Power Supplier: Capital Power (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Sturgeon County (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- Breaking Ground on Meta’s First Data Center in Canada evidence row
Meta · published 2026-07-08T19:30:30Z · Company disclosure - Locator
- Project locator · Official source · representative_point_of_partial_permit_envelope evidence
- Source checks
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No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 111 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 53.81807, -113.18668
- Geometry licence
- Open-Government-Licence-Alberta
- Use scope
- Project locator
- Scope class
- representative_point_of_partial_permit_envelope
- Authority
- Official source
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- official_permit_units_representative_point
- Derivation
- official_parcel_union
- Precision scope
- Representative point of the deterministic union of 11 official ATS quarter sections named by DP-26-0028; Shapely 2.1.2/GEOS 3.13.1 unary_union followed by representative_point. It is a partial permit-envelope locator, not the full project boundary, parcel survey, building, or work area.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The selected permit units include road allowances and non-quarter cadastral identifiers that are not represented by the 11 queried quarter-section polygons.
- Geometry evidence
- e049970c
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta Township System quarter sections named by Sturgeon County DP-26-0028 Archived copy | Government of Alberta Government record | Geometry | not stated | Open-Government-Licence-Alberta | Government of Alberta | f55a2324cb403d33cd89deaa6ce47b2e27bb24b77845403c3d1d6d1005194a3aRetained source material; see source provenance | |
| Breaking Ground on Meta's First Data Center in Canada Archived copy | Meta Platforms Company disclosure | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Construction, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Announced, Milestone: Construction Started, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer, Role: Power Supplier, Role: Utility | source-terms-not-recorded | Meta Platforms | 0f8112a7caba21a914d2efddf2a40025b7670df9fb321cf67ed6e13de58498d4Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Breaking Ground on Meta’s First Data Center in Canada Archived copy | Meta Company disclosure | Source location context, Physical status | all-rights-reserved | Meta | 2ee9ab456d8d58d14a4813432de9160dd645651b266f7c1d19616fb6bab49a42Retained source material; see source provenance | ||
| Development permit approval notice for 56111 Rge Rd 223 Archived copy | Sturgeon County Government record | Geometry identity context | government-copyright-fact-extraction-only | Sturgeon County | 7efcc7d83996b817bf33374b88e0f2fec005eca9006afc2884393961ca8722fbRetained source material; see source provenance | ||
| Hello, Sturgeon County! Archived copy | Meta Platforms Company disclosure | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Construction, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Announced, Power Source: Grid, Role: Builder, Role: Developer, Role: Power Supplier, Role: Utility | source-terms-not-recorded | Meta Platforms | 00d71212749998bc5d4f6c6f82a31ce5ff8d84585c08a4b84c6db60840c1676dFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Meta Sturgeon Data Centre fact sheet Archived copy | Meta Platforms Company disclosure | Imported: Record, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Construction, Power Source: Grid, Role: Builder, Role: Government, Role: Power Supplier, Role: Utility | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Meta Platforms | bace19a48a0ff47f63c229e59e1b4dc371969fd3f91f9e2100ebab4689d65c70Factual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Sturgeon Data Centre Archived copy | Sturgeon Data Centre project website Company disclosure | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Power Capacity, Role: Builder | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Sturgeon Data Centre project website | 6fe498760a936c19f1f835bc23e19ae8e52b41510cd27261d689576823b35154Factual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Meta Sturgeon County Alberta Data Center [site vcc-site-b8522efc1a60fe3072e4]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-b8522efc1a60fe3072e4/
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