OpenAI Eyes Canada Data Center Partnerships at Carney Investment Summit
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OpenAI scouting Canadian data center partnerships under Mark Carney’s government underscores how frontier AI now follows favorable policy, power, and climate narratives. If you operate infra or large workloads, Canada just moved up the shortlist for low-friction, politically palatable AI hosting.
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