Investors Beating Path to Alberta for Natural Gas, Petchem and Data Center Opportunities
Trade wars may come and go, but Alberta expects to remain a major hub for North American energy development, as companies invest in the province’s natural gas- and oil-fueled infrastructure, petrochemical developments and increasingly, data center opportunities, a top official said.

Invest Alberta Corp. CEO Rick Christiaanse sat down with NGI earlier this month during CERAWeek by S&P Global to highlight the Western Canadian opportunities. The investment firm, established five years ago, works directly with global companies to start up or scale up, with provincial investments to date estimated at C$25 billion-plus.
Christiaanse discussed the long-term growth projections as the Trump administration escalated a global trade war, which included a 10% duty on Canada’s energy imports and a 25% tariff on other items delivered by its formerly closest trading partner.