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Opinion: Bulldozer or bystander? Canada’s stakes in the new global economy

September 23, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on Sept. 9, 2025. By Rachel Samson Big changes are coming to the global economy and the stakes are high for Canada. Over many decades, we have built [Read more]

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More gas turbines for data centres may signal lost opportunity for solar

September 12, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Sept. 10, 2025. By Chris Bonasia A planned expansion by one gas turbine manufacturer could eventually help data centres acquire more gas-generated electricity to power their [Read more]

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Unlocking the potential of high-renewable power systems with digital technologies and AI

August 14, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by IRENA on Aug. 1, 2025. The relationship between digitalization and energy transition took prominence during the IRENA Innovation Week 2025, where discussions centred on the principle that there is no [Read more]

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Trump and the energy industry are eager to power AI with fossil fuels

July 22, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on July 20, 2025. By Molly Taft, WIRED This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. AI is “not my thing,” President Donald Trump admitted during [Read more]

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Canada has a chance to lead on AI policy and data governance at the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit

May 27, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on May 27, 2025. By E. Richard Gold, Cristina Vanberghen Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming sectors from health care to climate science. But amid the global scramble [Read more]

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Renewables surged in 2024 — but so did fossil fuels

March 27, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on March 27, 2025. By Matt Simon The world is grappling with an energy crisis — not one of scarcity, but one created by overwhelming demand. More energy-hungry data [Read more]

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Power-hungry data centres force rethink on grid planning

March 11, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 10, 2025. By Jody MacPherson As electricity grid operators across North America face an onslaught of new data centres demanding reliable power, two new reports [Read more]

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Utilities underestimate future demand, devalue efficiency in net-zero planning: Report

February 28, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 27, 2025. By Mitchell Beer Limited coordination with gas utilities, low estimates of future power demand, and a failure to put demand-side resources on a [Read more]

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DeepSeek AI upends future power demand projections, consumes 1/50 the resources of competing models

February 7, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 6, 2025. By Mitchell Beer A cheaper AI system that reportedly uses a small fraction of the resources consumed by competing U.S. models upended assumptions [Read more]

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First Nation demands Alberta halt O’Leary’s $70B data centre project

January 21, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 21, 2025. By Jody MacPherson A First Nation in northern Alberta is telling the provincial government to “cease and desist” with plans for a C$70 [Read more]

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O’Leary pitches $70B tech hub fuelling Alberta’s oil and gas ambitions

January 10, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on January 10, 2025. By Jody MacPherson A C$70 billion AI data centre project, pitched as a transformative boost for Alberta’s economy, is also poised to drive [Read more]

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Power-hungry data centres can become grid assets: Experts

November 22, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Nov. 22, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia Energy analysts and policymakers concerned about the growing electricity demand driven by data centres may find a solution in transforming [Read more]

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What the data centre and AI boom could mean for the energy sector

October 18, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Oct. 18, 2024. By Thomas Spencer, Power Sector Modeller Siddharth Singh, Energy Investment Analyst A wave of data centre investment raises concerns about a surge [Read more]

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Hamina Finland Google data centre to supply 80 per cent of local district heating needs

May 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 29, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia A project that began with the need to cool down the data centre that tech giant Google operates in Hamina, [Read more]

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AI technology weighs heavy on U.S. grid, could also help balance it

April 26, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 25, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia Even as “abysmal” permitting processes for new power projects prevent grid expansion to meet the massive energy needs of artificial [Read more]

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The Canadian energy conversation is stuck in the wrong century

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Find Energi Media journalism in video, audio, and essays YouTube Channel: Video energy news Substack Essays: Thoughtful Energy Journalism Energi Talks Audio Podcast Real story of this energy crisis is not supply disruption, but demand [Read more]

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