Meta to invest $9.1 billion in 1st Canadian AI data center

Science ministry vows $650 bil. investment in AI data centers

Science ministry vows $650 bil. investment in AI data centers

Meta plans billions for first AI data centre in Canada

Meta plans billions for first AI data centre in Canada

Here's the Truth About AI Data Centers—and Why the Wealthiest County in America Is Full of Them

Here's the Truth About AI Data Centers—and Why the Wealthiest County in America Is Full of Them

Alberta’s AI data centre dreams run into global shortage of gas turbines

Alberta is betting its AI future on natural gas-powered data centres. But a global shortage of gas turbines could delay projects, drive up costs and complicate the province’s 100-billion ambitions

Meta plans billions for first AI data center in Canada, largest outside the US

Facebook and Instagram parent Meta said Wednesday it will invest more than 13 billion Canadian dollars (9.1 billion) to build its first artificial intelligence data center in Canada and its largest outside the United States.

Big Tech’s AI debt just hit $350bn, and Europe is about to feel it

Big Tech built its reputation on mountains of cash. It is building its AI empire on debt, and the bill is starting to land in Europe. The five biggest builders of AI data centres in the US have doubled their debt over five years. Together, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Oracle have piled on about [] This story continues at The Next Web

3 Stocks To Play The AI And Data Center Boom

3 Stocks To Play The AI And Data Center Boom

Got $3,000? Here Are My Top 3 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks to Buy Right Now

The AI investment sector has some bargain-priced stocks.

Meta to build $13B data centre north of Edmonton, its first in Canada

CALGARY — The tech behemoth behind Facebook and Instagram says it plans to make Alberta home to its first artificial intelligence data centre in Canada, and its largest outside the United States. Meta announced Wednesday that the 13-billion-plus project is to be built in Sturgeon County, in the Industrial Heartland region north of Edmonton. The [] The post Meta to build 13B data centre north of Edmonton, its first in Canada appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Retail Traders Watch META, MU, BABA, TSLA, And RKLB As AI, Regulation, And Space M&A Drive Markets

AI infrastructure spending, antitrust rulings, semiconductor lawsuits, electric vehicle deliveries, and a landmark space industry deal kept retail investors engaged throughout the first week of July. Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) came under legal pressure after a federal judge allowed much of a lawsuit over Facebook and Instagram’s alleged addictive design to proceed in U.S. courts. [] The post Retail Traders Watch META, MU, BABA, TSLA, And RKLB As AI, Regulation, And Space MA Drive Markets appeared first on Foreign Policy Journal.

AI giants back non-profit to retrain workers left behind by AI

Sorry we spent your wages on data centers, but call us when you're AI-ready

Compass Datacenters CEO: Politicians Should Ask Industry For More

As people around the globe use artificial intelligence at record rates, the demand for data centers is on the rise. But not everyone is eager to see them built in their communities. From concerns about water and power consumption to fears that these...

Meta plans billions for first AI data center in Canada, largest outside the US

Facebook and Instagram parent Meta said Wednesday it will invest more than 13 billion Canadian dollars (9.1 billion) to build its first artificial intelligence data center in Canada and its largest outside the United States

Meta Is Building Its First Canadian Data Centre in Alberta. It’s a $13 Billion Bet.

Meta has officially announced plans to construct its first Canadian data centre in Sturgeon County, Alberta, backed by an investment exceeding 13 billion. This project is being touted as one of the largest private-sector investments in Canadian history. Construction of the facility is projected to create more than 3,000 jobs, with an additional 300 permanent [] The post Meta Is Building Its First Canadian Data Centre in Alberta. It’s a 13 Billion Bet. first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

National Grid Is Spending $1.75 Billion to Power Microsoft’s AI — by Bypassing the Grid

National Grid Ventures is investing 1.75 billion for a 35 stake in Joulent LLC, which is building a 2.67-gigawatt gas-fired plant in West Texas to power a Microsoft data center — without touching the public electricity grid. The deal, backed by Chevron and GE Vernova turbines, is the clearest sign yet that AI's electricity demand has outpaced what the conventional grid can deliver.

[LZ Granderson] How fearmongering sets policy

In the race to build — or stop the construction of — data centers across the country, it's important to remember no government is spending more on artificial intelligence than America. In fact, according to the Brookings Institute, the number of AI contracts within the federal government has risen from 472 in 2022 to more than 1,700 in 2026. Most of the spending — 90 billion — is by the Department of Defense. However, other departments — Commerce, Health and Human Services, NASA — are spending

Meta AI data centre leaked deadly bacteria into city’s wastewater

AI data centres already get a lot of hate (for valid reasons), but Meta just gave the general public even more reasons to hate them, as the company gears up to build one in Edmonton. Essentially, a Meta-affiliated data centre company, Goat Systems LLC, flooded local wastewater pipes in Wyoming with fill-and-flush waste (a process []

Blue Star betting big on data centres for growth: MD

Blue Star betting big on data centres for growth: MD

Protected: The Hands-On Future: Skilled Trades, Data Centres and Canada’s Big AI Opportunity

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. The post Protected: The Hands-On Future: Skilled Trades, Data Centres and Canada’s Big AI Opportunity appeared first on C2C Journal.

Oracle Cuts 21,000 Jobs in One Year, Blames AI For at Least Some

It's using AI internally, and spending money to support AI everywhere else.

ZITRON WARNS OF AI BUST: It Doesn't Work!

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'Let’s stop the dramatics:' Smith's chief of staff claims Meta's $13B investment debunks claims of referendum scaring away businesses

Premier Danielle Smith's chief of staff, Rob Anderson, claims Meta Platforms’ 13 billion AI data centre investment shuts down any claims that Alberta's referendum and the independence movement are scaring businesses away from Alberta.

AI, crypto dip, and space: Q2 data reveals UAE investors’ favourite growth themes

Against a backdrop of sharp market swings and continued AI-driven momentum across global technology stocks, retail investors in the UAE increased their exposure to AI-related software and infrastructure, crypto-linked equities, and commercial space companies during the second quarter of 2026, according to the latest data from trading and investing platform eToro. eToro looked at which [] The post AI, crypto dip, and space: Q2 data reveals UAE investors’ favourite growth themes appeared first on Middle East News 247.

Rising AI Demand Drives Surge in Data Center Water Consumption, Reports Indicate

(NaturalNews) AI Workloads Push Data Center Water Use to Nearly One Trillion Liters AnnuallyThe rapid expansion of artificial intelligence workloads has driven U....

Canadian government proposing ‘massive’ increase AI data centre capacity

Canada currently has about 337 megawatts of AI data centre capacity, and there are more than 20 gigawatts, or 20,000 megawatts in projects that are under planning or development.

Navigating the AI access control minefield

Rather like the early days of e-commerce, everyone seems to be ‘doing artificial intelligence’. IT leaders must now ensure these systems have secure access to enterprise data