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Impact of Meta AI data centre could add up to $460 a year to the typical Albertan’s electricity bill: Pembina Institute

Oddly, Alberta media seem to have had very little to say about the new analysis by the Pembina Institute that the $13-billion Artificial Intelligence data centre planned by Meta Platforms Inc. in Sturgeon County could add from $270 to $460 a year to Albertans’ electricity bills once the hyperscale installation has powered up. “At the…

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