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By Anja Karadeglija A document prepared for the federal artificial intelligence minister to use when pitching international investors on Canada\u2019s AI ecosystem identifies a massive proposed increase in Canada\u2019s data centre capacity. But spokespeople for the government pushed back strongly on the figure, saying it is not a projection of the capacity Canada expects to build, and the total capacity will be much less. It says Canada currently has about 337 megawatts of AI data centre capacity, and there are more than 20 gigawatts \u2014 or 20,000 megawatts \u2014 in projects that are “under planning or development.” The number was included in a presentation prepared by a government department for Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon to use with international investors. It was obtained by The Canadian Press through access-to-information. “With… <\/p>\n

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By Anja Karadeglija A document prepared for the federal artificial intelligence minister to use when pitching international investors on Canada\u2019s AI ecosystem identifies a massive proposed increase in Canada\u2019s data centre capacity. But spokespeople for the government pushed back strongly on the figure, saying it is not a projection of the capacity Canada expects to build, and the total capacity will be much less. It says Canada currently has about 337 megawatts of AI data centre capacity, and there are more than 20 gigawatts \u2014 or 20,000 megawatts \u2014 in projects that are “under planning or development.” The number was included in a presentation prepared by a government department for Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon to use with international investors. It was obtained by The Canadian Press through access-to-information. “With... <\/p>\n

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