The AI boom must not worsen Alberta’s urban-rural divide – The Hub

17 November 2025

Imagine driving through the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, past rolling hay fields and shallow ponds, and coming upon something that looks nothing like the rural Alberta we know: A vast complex of warehouses stretching across the landscape, each the size of a shopping mall.

A few dozen workers badge in and out. Transmission towers and pipelines loom over nearby pumpjacks—once the main landmarks of ranch country. Rows of wind turbines spin on the horizon.

These are industrial cities made entirely of servers.

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