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Varcoe: The years-long quest — and future road map — to bringing data centres to Alberta

The opportunity of bringing data centre investment to Alberta has its genesis in November 2021 with Amazon Web Services

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Alberta has finally landed its first whale in the quest to draw $100 billion of data centre investment into the province — a new campus to be built by Meta Platforms.

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But the story behind the story dates back years, and the groundwork assembled during this period should help pave the way for more developments to arrive in Alberta.

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