Ottawa lays out plan for AI data centres as community backlash grows

The Government of Canada has unveiled a series of guidelines for AI data centres to follow in the country. AI Minister Evan Solomon detailed the new framework during a press conference in Markham, Ont., which comes amid rising public pushback against data centres. However,…

A.I. Minister Evan Solomon says the government understands Canadians are concerned about noise, electricity and water use of large-scale data centres.