Canada’s largest data center to develop in Olds, Alta

A town in central Alberta may soon be the home to the largest data centre in all of Canada.

More than 300 acres of land will become home to Synapse Data Centre. Their plan is to build 10 100-megawatt data centres within a one-gigawatt campus in the Town of Olds.

Synapse plans to invest $10 billion over two years into the projects development that’s aimed at meeting the demand for artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and other data-intensive technologies. It’s estimated the project would create 2,000 construction jobs alongside an additional 1,000 permanent jobs.

The Mayor of Olds, which is home to over 9,000 people, says the new centre is expected to create significant growth in the community with hundreds of housing units being built.

Landon Hickok

Landon is a recent graduate of the Radio and Television program at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) in Edmonton. He previously obtained a diploma for Christian Ministries at Home Church Bible College in Red Deer, Alberta. For years since, he worked on church media with Home Church and later with City Life church in Leduc, Alberta, working on event live-streams and video productions. At NAIT, he was part of the student-run NAIT NewsWatch news program. He led topics ranging from school athletics to local news and international headlines such as the October 7 attack in Israel in 2023. Outside of news, he spent internships in Edmonton sports with the Oilers of the NHL and the Stingers of the CEBL. Now in Lethbridge, he’s here to produce stories to help inform all and to honour Jesus Christ with his work.

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