Data Centres Are Starting to Compete With Industry for Land
Data centres have become one of the fastest-growing forms of development in many regions, but their expansion is creating unexpected…
Digital Twins Are Becoming a Planning Tool for Major Projects
Digital twin technology is gaining traction as a tool for planning, managing, and maintaining large-scale infrastructure projects. At its core,…
AI boom tests grids, not valuations alone
The AI trade may cool without a dramatic crash, but the buildout will continue to reshape power networks, land markets,…
South Korea tops $700b exports on AI chips
South Korea closed 2025 with a record $709.7 billion (C$980 billion) in exports, lifted by AI driven semiconductor demand, for…
China sets 50% local chip equipment mandate
China is moving to deepen domestic control over semiconductor production. A Reuters report on December 30, 2025 said Beijing now…
OpenAI steers $500-billion build, debates strategy
OpenAI is pouring an estimated US$500 billion (C$665 billion) into a network of United States data centres branded Stargate, positioning…
Microsoft plans C$7.5B Canada AI buildout
Microsoft will invest more than C$7.5 billion over the next two years to expand cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in…
Palantir, Nvidia launch Chain Reaction for data centres
Palantir unveiled Chain Reaction, with Nvidia and CenterPoint Energy as founding partners. The new platform targets a basic constraint of…
IBM chief warns $8 trillion AI build lacks returns
IBM chief executive Arvind Krishna is questioning the economics behind the current flood of artificial intelligence data centres. In a…
Deutsche Telekom, Schwarz plan German AI gigafactory
Germany’s Deutsche Telekom and the Schwarz Group are working on plans for a large artificial intelligence data centre in Germany.…