AI data centers: an investment in what, and for whom?

Prime Minister Mark Carney is selling Canadians on AI sovereignty while selling investors on returns. Only one of those pitches comes with a public record.
Prime Minister Mark Carney presents data centres as a matter of Canadian sovereignty. Even if his case for domestic computing capacity makes sense, it does not mean that every proposed facility serves the public interest, writes Bhagwant Sandhu.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion
BY BHAGWANT SANDHU
October 1, 2026

OTTAWA—On Aug. 2, hundreds of people gathered outside an Alberta county office to protest Meta's planned $13-billion AI data centre ...

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