Canadian Columnist Boosting Data Centres Has Ties to AI Industry

“A Canadian opinion writer who’s argued in the Toronto Sun and other outlets that politicians should embrace data centres works for a U.S.-based anti-regulation organization with close ties to the AI industry.

Jay Goldberg—identified by the Toronto Sun as the “North American affairs manager at the Consumer Choice Center”—wrote a late June column arguing that Canadian municipalities shouldn’t stand in the way of AI data centre development.”

Gee, nobody saw that coming.