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Jun 25, 2026
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Data centres lead to a surge in Ottawa grid requests
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Data centres lead to a surge in Ottawa grid requests
JORDAN OMSTEAD
THE CANADIAN PRESS
PUBLISHED JUNE 25, 2026
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About 60 per cent of projects in the connection queue come from data centres, the infrastructure backbone of the artificial intelligence boom.
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