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Canada's latest obsession: data centres
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If you've noticed that data centres are having a moment in Canada right now, you wouldn't be the only one.
As Ottawa looks to maintain a sovereign digital footprint amid the current AI rush, building its own data centres has the potential to do so. But the question is who actually funds these centres, and what are they doing to the environments around them?
Host Maria Kestane speaks to Shion Guha, information professor at the University of Toronto's department of computer science to discuss why Canada is in a rush to build all these data centres and what Canadians need to know about them.
Shion also writes The Public Interest Technologist newspaper, you can read it here: https://publictechnologist.substack.com
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