{"id":15201439,"date":"2026-07-08T20:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T00:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/data-centre-capacity-could-soar-to-20-gw-in-planned-projects-government-document\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T21:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T01:33:36","slug":"data-centre-capacity-could-soar-to-20-gw-in-planned-projects-government-document","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/data-centre-capacity-could-soar-to-20-gw-in-planned-projects-government-document\/","title":{"rendered":"Data centre capacity could soar to 20 GW in planned projects: government document"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2115\" height=\"1190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ipolitics.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/CP176587561.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The area of Olds, Alta., where Synapse Real Estate Corp. is planning a data centre complex with 1.4 gigawatts of natural gas-fired power generation is shown on Thursday, June 4, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Lauren Krugel\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ipolitics.ca\/2026\/07\/08\/data-centre-capacity-could-soar-to-20-gw-in-planned-projects-government-document\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">iPolitics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 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