A data centre’s significance extends well beyond the hardware it houses. Yet industry discussion often focuses on GPUs, racks, models and compute, as if the facility was merely a protective shell for whatever technology happens to be fashionable.

The Canadian government’s newly unveiled principles for responsible data centre development come with the endorsement of more than 20 industry signatories.

Ontario proposes a distinct electricity rate class for new data centres, as part of a package of requirements for facilities seeking to connect to the provincial power grid.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has joined forces with the India-based data centre operator, CtrlS, to develop hyperscale campuses across that country.

Prominent industry-led organizations that promote sustainability in the built environment have joined forces to develop performance standards for data centres.

Energy management and innovation could be a key enabler and sustainable competitive edge for data centre development and related economic growth tied to smart technologies and artificial intelligence.

Many Canadians may be surprised to learn that the country already hosts more than 300 data centres, including some built specifically for artificial intelligence. Microsoft

CPP Investments is furthering its collaboration with the global digital infrastructure company, Equinix, through joint acquisition of the atNorth data centre portfolio, stretching across five Nordic nations.

Artificial intelligence (AI) data centres are rapidly transforming the North American landscape, appearing swiftly and unexpectedly across Canada. The central issue centres on water usage,

GRESB, the global assessment of ESG performance in commercial real estate portfolios, will begin testing a dedicated sustainability benchmark for data centres in the fall of 2025.

CPP Investments and Deutsch Bank will jointly provide $550 million in construction financing for a 54-megawatt hyperscale facility in Cambridge, Ontario.

Data centre development that aligns with Ontario’s economic development priorities has been promised a preferential place in the queue to connect to the electricity grid.

One company has multi-year program to build AI data centres across Alberta.

Canada could be well positioned to capture more data centre investment if the United States government continues to antagonize its trade partners.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has committed to a USD $5.6 billion investment in hyperscale data facilities through a newly announced joint venture.

Surging need for connectivity to enable burgeoning technologies like AI and the smart electricity grid has positioned data centres to be favoured investment assets into the future.

ASHRAE has consolidated a range of technical guidance for the design and operations of data centres in a new special section of its website.