Carney Allowed Gas-powered AI Data Centres After Lobbying From Alberta Energy Company
DeSmog [Unofficial]
February 25, 2026
The Alberta electricity company Capital Power, which is developing a large new AI data centre in the province powered by natural gas, lobbied the federal Mark Carney government dozens of times last year to eliminate clean energy regulations, DeSmog has learned. These regulations were subsequently dropped from a fossil fuel accord that the prime minister signed with the […]
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