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Alberta government to hold first AI data centre town hall in central town of Lacombe
3+ week, 5+ day ago (487+ words) On Thursday, Glubish is to host a town hall in Sturgeon County, north of Edmonton, followed by one Sept...Sturgeon County is set to be the home of a $13-billion data centre complex from Meta, the tech titan...Hundreds of…...
UCP, NDP at odds over Alberta’s AI aspirations
2+ week, 2+ day ago (343+ words) Smith announcing during the Calgary Stampede that Meta will build a massive facility in Sturgeon County...Ip has been a part of two NDP town halls hosted in Sturgeon County and Red Deer County in August, where...
Alberta Day draws a crowd
1+ week, 3+ day ago (274+ words) Brazeau County councillor Shayne Blosky and town councillor Pat Jeffery both gave some opening remarks...Blades says they also had visits from county councillors Glen Gunderson and Carol Vowk, as well as town...
Gentler tone takes over at virtual data centre town hall involving Alberta premier
2+ week, 2+ day ago (448+ words) One of the biggest projects under construction is a data centre, the Meta project in Sturgeon County’...
Alberta minister faces more fury at second town hall on AI data centres
3+ week, 3+ day ago (615+ words) profanity from audience members at the Thursday event in Redwater, north of Edmonton, in Sturgeon County...
A short history of welcome mats: how Alberta courted two types of newcomers on the grounds of demand and economic impact
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (1434+ words) Meta goes meta and takes a cartoonish look at itself in this AI image of a data centre on the prairie, generated by The Macleod Gazette in 2025 after the release of Alberta’s Data Centre Strategy: Powering the future of artificial…...