Episode 108: How AI is Challenging Canada's Electricity Grid with Shaz Merwat
Feb 10, 2025•47 min•Season 6Ep. 108
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Episode description
Royal Bank's Shaz Merwat, lead author of RBC's Climate Institute report "Power Struggle: How AI is Challenging Canada's Electricity Grid," discusses with Francis Bradley the rise of AI and its impact on Canada's electricity sector. They cover AI's increasing power demand, regional differences, the economic impact of data centres, strategic policies for leveraging AI, carbon capture's role, and energy security. They conclude with Shaz's very timely book recommendation for the Flux Capacitor Book Club.
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Power Struggle: How AI is challenging Canada’s electricity grid
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