Hundreds protest Meta's data centre in Alberta

Canada August 03, 2026 07:33 AM

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside a northern Alberta county office to voice their opposition to tech giant Meta's plan to build a data centre. The protest took place in Morinville, a town in Sturgeon County, where the company behind Facebook announced last month that it's building a massive one-gigawatt data centre.

Hundreds protest Meta's data centre in Alberta

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