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Microsoft and Chevron sign 20-year power deal for Texas data centre
9+ hour, 24+ min ago (484+ words) Texas has 33 gigawatts of planned data-centre power projects, the largest in the United States ahead of Virginia Chevron Corp. signed a 20-year deal with Microsoft Corp. to provide natural-gas fired power for a proposed West Texas data centre, which could…...
How to take the stress out of cold emails and lead generation
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (196+ words) Cold Cannon offers unlimited cold email outreach, automatic warmup and AI-powered replies Cold Cannon is a cold email outreach platform that brings account management, warmup, campaign sequencing and AI-powered replies together in a single tool. Instead of a monthly subscription,…...
Canadian companies can't afford to wait for homegrown AI
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (616+ words) Financial Post This month, the federal government released AI for All, a national AI strategy that is underpinned by real ambition: $2. 3 billion in funding, a target to lift business AI adoption from 12 per cent to 60 per cent by 2034 and a…...
This TSX stock is already up 125% this year with one analyst calling for it to be a space spending winner
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (404+ words) Space spending is skyrocketing and this company has a product that increasingly complex satellite infrastructure needs TSX top performer 5 N Plus Inc. (VPN/TSX) is already up just over 125 per cent year to date and National Bank of Canada Capital…...
We shouldn't hate the world's first trillionaire; we should encourage Canadians to emulate him
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (884+ words) Kim Moody: Teach a generation that success is punished, and you will get exactly what you encourage: a great deal less of it My family ran a number of small businesses when I was growing up in Fort Mc Murray,…...
Construction on Alberta data centres could start this year
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (146+ words) Financial Post Construction on Alberta data centres could start this year Alberta says gigawatt-scale AI data centre announcements could be coming soon, but which ones could get the green light? Several major proposals are already drawing attention, from projects in…...
William Watson: Enough with the numerical targets already!
1+ week, 2+ day ago (326+ words) The Carney Liberals want to double this or triple that by 2030 or 2035 or 2050. A policy of calculating benefits and costs would be better Matthew Lau wrote in FP Comment recently about the plethora of national plans and strategies the Carney…...
Gwyn Morgan: Apply some intelligence. AI won't kill all jobs
1+ week, 2+ day ago (311+ words) The science fiction is scary but jobs that require a physical presence, including the trades, are likely to prosper in the new labour world Artificial Intelligence started off as a handy search engine that summarized information compiled from various websites....
The quantum computing revolution is closer than you think
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1642+ words) Companies are betting on big implications for pharma, financial services and crypto. But skeptics worry about hype Deep inside a data centre in Manhattan, a quantum computer is enshrined in an alcove like an idol. To reach it, visitors pass…...
How Space X's IPO frenzy compares with previous FOMO investments and how they turned out
1+ week, 4+ day ago (720+ words) Financial Post Having been in the investment business now for 41 years and having bought my first stock 52 years ago (Mitel Corp.), I feel safe in saying I have seen a few things in my time. But I am not sure…...