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The world's largest Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centre will be built in northwest Alberta and comes with an estimated $70 billion price tag.
Known as Wonder Valley,(opens in a new tab) the data centre will be built in the Municipal District of Greenview, which encompasses areas to the south and east of Grande Prairie.
According to O'Leary, the MD of Greenview is "the most compelling site in all North America to generate and offer 7.5 GW of low-cost power to hyperscalers over the next five-10 years.
Hyperscalers are large-scale data centres that can provide cloud computing and data solutions.
The difference between hyperscalers and regular data centres is the ability to dynamically scale to meet demand. They use distributed computer systems, which split tasks across multiple machines to process high volumes of data.
"We will engineer and build a redundant power solution that meets the modern AI compute reliability standards," O'Leary said.
The project is set to be rolled out in phases. Phase 1 would see 1.4 gigawatts of power generated, with an aim for an additional one gigawatt generated each year afterwards.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy,(opens in a new tab) one gigawatt is equivalent to the energy generated by 294 utility-scale wind turbines, 1.887 million photovoltaic panels or 1.3 million horses.
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https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/largest-...erta-1.7138925
I mean this would be amazing for Alberta, but the entire thing sounds like a massive grift to me.