Sergey Polak

What does the AI revolution mean for the construction of data centres in Canada, particularly as AI sovereignty, clean energy mandates, and grid constraints reshape where and how infrastructure is built? Is the era of air cooling in construction officially over as high-density liquid systems become the new standard? Will nuclear and other low-carbon energy sources play a growing role in powering Canadian data centres in the near future? And how will the rise of edge and regionalisation reshape Canada’s cloud footprint over the next five years? Join this Q&A panel with leading data centre experts and get your burning questions answered.

• Securing long-lead equipment early while accounting for Canada–US cross-border procurement dependencies and extended manufacturing lead times
• Coordinating procurement strategies with US-based vendors and global manufacturers to manage fragmented supply chains and reduce cross-border delivery risk into Canada
• Exploring opportunities to diversify into more local Canadian supply chains to reduce reliance on international manufacturing and improve delivery certainty
• Managing tariff exposure, FX volatility, and North American manufacturing constraints to protect project budgets and avoid late-stage design or procurement changes