Data centres are hungry for power, and Alberta is pitching itself as the place to build [Video]

Alberta is putting itself in the race for a slice of the soaring growth of data centres in North America. A pair of Alberta cabinet ministers set off for Silicon Valley last week with the sole focus of promoting the province as a “prime location” to build the physical structures that store and process our digital information.

Major tech companies are scouring the world for available electricity, and the province isn’t alone in trying to lure data centre investment.

Alberta also has some challenges compared to other provinces and U.S. states, including questions about how much pollution its natural gas-dominated electricity grid produces now and into the future.

The opportunity is immense and the province has a unique offering, but there are also questions about what the overall impact will be of constructing the electricity-hungry centres required for the booming artificial intelligence sector.

And, while some cabinet ministers are enthusiastic …

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