{"id":22850,"date":"2026-10-09T21:21:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T21:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=22850"},"modified":"2026-10-09T21:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T21:21:56","slug":"canadians-arent-sold-on-the-data-centre-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=22850","title":{"rendered":"Canadians aren&#8217;t sold on the data centre boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canada has put billions of dollars in data centre projects on the table, but most Canadians would prefer their provinces pump the brakes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new Angus Reid Institute survey of 4,417 Canadians found that 64% want their provincial governments to limit the development of large data centres. Just 18% want to encourage more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The opposition is particularly strong in Manitoba and Atlantic Canada, where 72% favour limits, and Saskatchewan, where 70% do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And Canadians have some fairly practical objections to the infrastructure behind AI and cloud computing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among those who favour limits, 51% worry about how much water data centres use. Another 38% worry they\u2019ll drive up electricity bills for households and businesses. A third of these respondents question whether local communities will see much benefit, believing most of the gains will go to large technology companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Canadians who want more data centres see the economic opportunity. Nearly half cite investment and growth, while 33% point to Canada\u2019s competitiveness in AI and emerging technologies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Saskatchewan, Bell has proposed expanding its AI infrastructure project by another 900 megawatts, bringing the potential total to 1.2 gigawatts and as much as $52.5 billion in investment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North of Edmonton, Meta has begun work on a $13-billion data centre campus with a planned capacity of one gigawatt and its own natural-gas power plant. Ottawa says it\u2019s exploring opportunities for up to six gigawatts of additional data centre capacity, representing more than $100 billion in potential investment across Canada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While some provinces have set their own rules for projects, the federal government has also started addressing the concerns Canadians have raised.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In September, they released their Responsible Data Centre Development Principles, a set of five expectations for projects across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under this framework, new data centres must:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create lasting local benefits for communities and Indigenous rights holders<\/li>\n<li>Avoid shifting electricity costs to Canadians, and they can\u2019t compromise grid reliability<\/li>\n<li>Minimize freshwater use and environmental impacts<\/li>\n<li>Disclose expected local impacts<\/li>\n<li>Bring what Ottawa calls \u201cstrategic value\u201d to Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those are principles, though, and the survey measures public opinion. It doesn\u2019t establish whether any particular, in-progress project will strain local resources or how provincial governments will respond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The poll also comes as Canadians remain unconvinced about AI itself. Just 28% agree that AI is a force for good in society, virtually unchanged from 29% last November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposed investments are substantial, and so are the demands on local infrastructure. Developers looking to build the computing capacity Canada wants will have to make a credible case for the water and electricity it takes to run it.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-final-shots\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final shots<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Canadians favour limits on large data centres by more than three to one, with opposition reaching 70% or higher in several regions.<\/li>\n<li>Water consumption leads all cited objections, followed by concerns about electricity costs and who benefits economically.<\/li>\n<li>Ottawa\u2019s new principles address those concerns, but the survey doesn\u2019t tell us whether they\u2019ll change public opinion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; 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