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CAN'T BE TURNED ON: Canada Forgot ONE Thing About Its AI Boom
Canada is racing to become an AI and data-centre powerhouse, but can Canada's electricity grids actually keep up?
A proposed AI data centre in Sault Ste. Marie is seeking as much as 400 MW of electricity, while massive new Northern Ontario transmission projects are targeting roughly the same 2029 timeframe.
Then the story got much bigger.
Bell has announced plans that could expand its AI data-centre development near Regina from roughly 300 MW to as much as 1.2 GW at full buildout.
That raises a question nobody should treat as an afterthought:
Where does all that electricity come from?
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