Building an AI-Ready Canada with Schneider Electric
Canada wants to be an AI leader. Whether it can achieve that ambition may depend as much on substations, cooling systems and grid connections as it does on algorithms, computing power and talent. The rapid growth of AI is forcing data centre operators and enterprises to rethink how they plan for power, cooling, resiliency and…
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OpenAI, Meta and Google Back Canada’s Responsible Data Centre Principles
Ottawa has secured commitments from 23 technology and infrastructure companies to follow a new set of national principles when developing or supporting data centres in Canada. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon Web Services are among the companies backing the initiative. Canadian signatories include Bell, TELUS, Cohere, Hypertec, ThinkOn and Beacon Data Centres, alongside…
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CoolIT Hiring Nearly 300 as AI Data Centre Cooling Demand Surges
Calgary-based CoolIT Systems is preparing to add nearly 300 employees this year as accelerating investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure drives demand for its liquid-cooling technology. The hiring push accompanies an expansion of CoolIT’s engineering, manufacturing and production capacity in Calgary, strengthening the city’s role in a global data centre supply chain increasingly constrained by power…
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DMG ‘Actively Working’ to Launch AI Data Centre Operations in ‘Timely Manner’
DMG Blockchain Solutions recently reported their third quarter fiscal performance. Revenue for the Canadian data centre startup was north of $6 million, a figure which was down 13% from the prior quarter, and down 45% year-over-year from more than $11M in Q3 2025. The amount of Bitcoin that DMG mined was also down—10% versus the…
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Meta Data Centre Could Add $462 to Alberta Power Bills, Report Warns
Alberta’s push to become a global destination for artificial intelligence infrastructure is colliding with a growing debate over who will pay to power it. A new report from the Pembina Institute estimates that Meta’s proposed hyperscale data centre in Sturgeon County could add between $267 and $462 annually to an average Alberta household’s electricity costs…
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Saskatchewan Makes Canadian Ownership Central to Data Centre Strategy
Saskatchewan is drawing a firm line around who can build the next generation of data centres in the province—and where their electricity must come from. The provincial government has introduced a new Data Centre Framework that prioritizes Canadian-owned and headquartered companies, domestic data sovereignty, Saskatchewan jobs and partnerships, experienced operators, self-supplied power generation, and a…
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Kepler Brings Orbital Data Network Into Commercial Service
Toronto-based Kepler Communications has moved its next-generation optical data relay network into commercial service, giving customers faster access to data generated and processed in space. The milestone follows the completion of commissioning for the first tranche of Kepler’s constellation, launched in January. The company says the network is now supporting commercial and government customers worldwide…
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Anthropic Lays Groundwork for Gigawatt-Scale Canadian Compute Buildout
Anthropic is preparing for a major expansion of its computing infrastructure in Canada, with new job postings pointing to ambitions measured in gigawatts and Alberta emerging as an early target. The San Francisco-based company behind the Claude family of artificial intelligence models is hiring a Compute Country Lead to oversee its Canadian infrastructure strategy. According…
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