OpenAI, Anthropic sign on to Canada’s new data centre framework as public opinion sours on buildout

Nearly two dozen AI hyperscalers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, have agreed to the federal government’s new framework for building data centres in Canada. “If you build in Canada, you must build responsibly, transparently and for Canadians.” AI Minister Evan Solomon AI Minister Evan Solomon announced the framework and its signatories at an event in Markham on Thursday morning. Canada’s Responsible Data Centre Development Principles are intended to support the domestic data centre buil