Here’s what you need to know:
🔋 Powered by some of the cheapest, cleanest electricity on earth (Quebec hydro at ~4¢/kWh, BC & Manitoba the same)
❄️ Cold climate = massive natural cooling savings
💰 $2 BILLION federal “Sovereign AI Compute Strategy” launched in 2024
→ Already awarded up to $240M to Cohere + CoreWeave for a 500 MW facility near Toronto (goes live 2025)
Top provinces winning right now:
🇨🇦 Quebec – 800+ MW coming online
🇨🇦 Alberta – 1,200+ MW (AWS just pledged $18B by 2037)
🇨🇦 Ontario – Cohere’s giant project + more
🇨🇦 BC – Bell Canada building 500 MW across 6 sites
Market exploding:
2023 → $10.3 billion
2030 → $22.2 billion (11.7% growth/year)
Challenges ahead:
⚡️ Grids are feeling the strain
🤝 Some worry too many U.S. partners = less “Canadian control”
Bottom line: While everyone watches Virginia and Texas, Canada is building the green, cold, low-cost AI backbone of the future – and doing it faster than most realize.
The True North is about to become the AI North 🔥❄️