Canadian Property Management
Summary
Energy management and innovation could be a key enabler and sustainable competitive edge for data centre development and related economic growth tied to smart technologies and artificial intelligence (AI). A new report sponsored by the MaRS Discovery District, a Toronto-based incubator for research, development and commercialization, models the potential for accommodating up to 3 gigawatts (3,000 megawatts) of additional data centre capacity in Ontario over the next 10 years, and explores how that could occur synergistically with other development demands.
Factoring in planned expansions to 2035, researchers conclude that Ontario’s electricity system could support up to 1.5 gigawatts (1,500 megawatts) of new data centre load plugging into the grid if it occurred in tandem with various conservation and demand management (CDM) strategies. Supplementary sources, such as on-site generation or district energy networks, would be needed to power data centre expansion beyond that.
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