When completed, the Microsoft data centre in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke will have a gross floor area of 280,000 square feet. Moratorium on AI data centresOne of the more controversial aspects of Lewis's AI platform is its call to pause the expansion of data centres used for the technology. The campaign is also proposing to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act to regulate data centre water limits, levying a tax or a combination of these measures. "AI is merely a further extension of our addiction to machinery, with huge costs to environments and communities through data centres and technological labour displacement," McQuail said. Fellow candidate Heather McPherson, meanwhile, wants to limit how much power goes to data centres and ban corporate landlords from using AI to set rent prices.

Source: CBC News January 24, 2026 04:32 UTC