Canada's data centres draw 4 TWh of electricity a year, which places it 12th of the 33 countries this atlas carries a figure for.
That is 0.6% of everything the country generates — below the 1.2% median across those countries.
Set against 1.1 GW of installed capacity, that implies a 42% load factor.
2 metros are tracked here, totalling 620 MW, of which Toronto alone is 340 MW — 55% of the national total.
Its strongest showing anywhere in the atlas is Power & Grid on the physical basis, at #12 of 77.
It does not register at all on Silicon, Memory & Storage or Networking.
About $0.9bn of AI infrastructure investment has been announced for Canada, though announced is not built — that figure is graded A.
National context
Where Canada ranks
The same tables read three ways. A country can lead one basis and be invisible on another, and that gap is the whole point of the atlas.
| Tier | Physicalassets here | Ownershiprevenue booked | Controlcould stop you |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silicon | — | — | — |
| Memory & Storage | — | — | — |
| Networking | — | — | — |
| Systems & Facility | #16of 54 | — | — |
| Power & Grid | #12of 77 | — | — |
Data centre metros (2)
| Toronto — Operating | 340 MW C |
| Montréal — OperatingHydro-dominated supply; historic moratorium on new crypto load. | 280 MW C |