back to article Canada commits $1.4B to sovereign compute infrastructure as it joins the AI arms race

Canada is one of the latest nations to catch the sovereign AI bug and plans to invest $2 billion CAD ($1.42 billion USD) to bolster the nation's domestic compute capacity by funding the development of new datacenters and computing infrastructure north of the 49th parallel. The so-called Canadian Sovereign AI Compute Strategy …

  1. beast666 Silver badge

    "But while these efforts are expected to contribute meaningfully to the local economy as new products reach the market..."

    Nonsense and lies. What new 'AI' products are going to benefit local Canadian provinces?

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      "Nonsense and lies. What new 'AI' products"

      Exactly. None. They will just suck dry your brain / work. Hope there is a good indemnification to the scientists/writers/etc.. affected.

  2. cornetman Silver badge

    Hey Trudeau! How about you balance your budget. $2Bn? Jesus wept.

    1. The Oncoming Scorn Silver badge
      FAIL

      "The budget will balance itself!"

      1. Blank Reg

        People always leave out the part quote about investing to grow the economy, that's how the budget balances itself. Unfortunately, covid really messed up those plans.

        1. cornetman Silver badge

          > People always leave out the part quote about investing to grow the economy, that's how the budget balances itself.

          Would be great if we didn't have crippling taxes and Trudeau is set to jack them up even more shortly. To grow the economy, you create an environment for business to grow, not choke it to death.

    2. Wang Cores

      Why would he, when he can jump the shark with another performative gun ban that's pissing off even avowed anti-gun people?

      1. Blank Reg

        Most Canadians are perfectly fine with gun bans, and those that aren't would never vote Liberal anyway.

        1. cornetman Silver badge

          > Most Canadians are perfectly fine with gun bans, and those that aren't would never vote Liberal anyway.

          We don't really have a gun problem here. They are mostly knee-jerk reactions to what is happening over the border, where the real problem is poor mental health and drugs. On the other hand, here in Vancouver we do have both poor mental health and drugs. Getting more and more like San Francisco every day.

  3. HuBo Silver badge
    Windows

    Preserving the flying squirrel, moose, and McKenzie brothers, hey

    Yeah, well, we wouldn't want Rocky and Bullwinkle to be left behind, like Dudley Do-Right (of the Mounties), now, would we, hey?!?!? Especially with Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale diving full hog-wild into this AI poutine ... the golden maple syrup goose of the tech world, hey hosehead!

    So, please, without such investment (and beer) there could be a literal Niagara Falls of Tenstorrents that take off from the Great White North, politely hey, thanks.

    1. sedregj Bronze badge
      Gimp

      Re: Preserving the flying squirrel, moose, and McKenzie brothers, hey

      Twat

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