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Nov 17 2026

TABE Webinar: Implications of Rising Investment in Canadian AI data centres

 

Canada’s data centre landscape is changing, both in where facilities are proposed and in their size. Alberta accounts for most planned capacity, as provinces take different approaches to attracting investment and setting conditions for development.

Dr. Lyndsey Rolheiser and Dr. Alexander Carlo from York University’s Schulich School of Business will present their research on Canada’s operational and planned data centres. They will discuss provincial differences in electricity access and investment attraction, alongside questions about electricity demand and environmental pressures in host communities. The presentation will also examine who owns Canadian data centre infrastructure and how Canadian pension funds invest in the broader AI infrastructure sector.

Join us on November 17 for a discussion of Canada’s changing data centre landscape and the investment behind it.


Picture_AC Dr. Alexander Carlo Postdoctoral Researcher at the Brookfield Centre in Real Estate & Infrastructure at York University’s Schulich School of Business

Dr. Alexander Carlo is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Brookfield Centre in Real Estate & Infrastructure at York University’s Schulich School of Business. His research examines institutional investment in real estate, infrastructure, and other real assets.  His recent work studies the expansion of Canada’s data centre industry and the local employment effects of data centres in the United States. He holds a PhD in Real Asset Finance from Maastricht University.

Headshot Dr. Lyndsey Rolheiser Assistant Professor of Urban and Real Estate Economics at York University and a research affiliate with MIT’s Center for Real Estate

Dr. Lyndsey Rolheiser is an Assistant Professor of Urban and Real Estate Economics at York University and a research affiliate with MIT’s Center for Real Estate. Her research is concerned with how spatial relationships within communities inform and are informed by the built environment. Dr. Rolheiser’s diverse training in urban and real estate economics, planning, local public finance, and urban policy allows for the exploration of urban complexities using a variety of methodologies and tools—from planning and economic theory to econometric analysis, GIS, and qualitative methods. Dr. Rolheiser received a PhD in Urban Economics from MIT, an MA in Economics from Simon Fraser University, and a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Alberta.

Event Details

Virtual (Microsoft Teams)
Nov 17, 2026 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm EST

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  • Aaron Meyer
  • Salma Ahmed
  • Lan Do
  • Danielle Goldfarb
  • Fares Bounajm
  • Isobel Mackenzie
  • Claire Fan
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  • Aidan Smith-Edgell
  • Jake Lenarduzzi
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  • Matt Palucci
  • Edward Weisz
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  • Ted Tsiakopoulos
  • Jacqueline Pelayo
  • Valerie Picketts
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