“Meta’s Edmonton Data Center to Receive Power from New Gas Plant”

A new natural gas-powered plant is set to be operational in four years in northern Edmonton to support Meta Platforms Inc.’s upcoming data center. Meta anticipates the $13 billion data center will be up and running within the next two to three years, although an exact timeline has not been finalized. In the interim, Meta has secured the rights to connect to Alberta’s power grid before the Greenlight Electricity Centre becomes operational and has the option to engage with other suppliers if necessary. Last year, Alberta’s grid operator allocated 1,200 megawatts of capacity for large-scale projects like data centers until 2028 to prevent strain on the province’s electrical system. Capital Power recently announced a long-term energy supply agreement for the Meta data center, providing 250 megawatts of electricity by the latter half of 2028. The Greenlight Electricity Centre, valued at $4.6 billion and a collaboration between Pembina Pipeline Corp., Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, and Kineticor Asset Management, will initially generate 932 megawatts of power, with the potential to double its capacity in the future.