Meta Sturgeon County AI Hyperscale Campus (1000MW Capacity)
Status: Under Construction / Development | Location: Sturgeon County, near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Project Overview
The Meta Sturgeon County AI Hyperscale Campus represents a monumental milestone in North American digital infrastructure, marking Meta's first-ever direct data center investment on Canadian soil. Spanning close to 1,750 acres near Edmonton in Sturgeon County, Alberta, this massive C$13 billion ($9.5 billion USD) mega-campus is explicitly engineered to handle the massive compute loads required by next-generation generative AI foundation models and global digital service networks. The campus layout features roughly 2.9 million square feet of development across multiple highly specialized, heavy-load data halls. To accommodate dense graphics processing unit (GPU) clusters operating at high power thresholds per rack, the facility moves away from conventional air-cooling infrastructure. Instead, the design incorporates a fully integrated direct-to-chip liquid cooling architecture paired with closed-loop thermal configurations, allowing the campus to target a highly optimized Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.15 while drastically minimising local environmental water consumption.
Quick Facts
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| Project Name | Meta Sturgeon County AI Hyperscale Campus (1000MW Capacity) |
| Location | Sturgeon County, near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Status | Under Construction / Development |
| Commissioning | Q4 2027 (Phase 1 Go-Live) |
| Total IT Load | 800 MW (Phase 1) |
| Total Capacity | 1,000 MW (Phase 1 Initial Allocation, scaling to 1.8 GW) |
| Tier Level | Tier III Compliant |
| Project Type | Hyperscale AI Training & Inference Factory |
City Profile
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| City Name | Edmonton |
| Population | Approximately 1.17 million (2025 estimate) |
| Urban Agglomeration | Approximately 1.60 million (Edmonton Metropolitan Region) |
| City GDP | Approximately USD 90–95 billion (CAD 120–130 billion) |
| Per Capita Income | Approximately USD 58,000 (CAD 78,000) |
| City Tier | Tier 2 North American Metropolitan City |
| Key Strengths | Energy capital of Canada, rapidly growing AI and data center market, abundant and reliable electricity, competitive operating costs, strong renewable energy potential, excellent transportation infrastructure, skilled workforce, leading research universities, industrial manufacturing base, and strategic location for Western Canada. |
Companies Involved
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| Developer / Operator | Meta Platforms, Inc. |
| Strategic Infrastructure Partner | Capital Power & Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) |
| Construction Contractor | To be finalized (Top-tier Canadian & International Mission-Critical GC) |
| MEP Engineering | To be finalized (Specialized Megascale AI-HPC MEP Consultants) |
| Network Connectivity | Trans-Canada Fiber Networks, Diverse High-Capacity Backhaul Rings |
| Power Infrastructure | High-voltage on-site utility transmission substations with specialized smart-grid power balancing frameworks. |
Technical Specifications
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| Power Capacity | 1,000 MW total utility substation allocation |
| UPS Redundancy | Distributed Reserve / Block Redundant static UPS systems |
| Cooling System | Advanced direct-to-chip liquid cooling and closed-loop liquid-to-air systems |
| Connectivity | Hyper-isolated, carrier-neutral multi-path fiber architecture |
| PUE Target | 1.15 |
| Energy Mix | Regional grid supply paired with upcoming dedicated clean energy assets |
Milestones
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| Announcement | Q2 2026 |
| Construction Start | Q3 2026 |
| Phase 1 Go-Live | Q4 2027 |
| Full Buildout | Q4 2031 (Scaling up to 1,800 MW) |
Investment Details
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| Total Investment | C$13,000,000,000 ($9.5 Billion USD) |
| Funding | Corporate Capital Expenditure |