A majority of Canadians oppose government incentives to encourage the construction of artificial intelligence data centres, according to a new Nanos Research poll.
The survey found that 38 percent of Canadians oppose governments providing financial incentives to encourage the construction of artificial intelligence (AI) data centres, while another 26 percent somewhat oppose such incentives. Meanwhile, 6 percent support them, 22 percent somewhat support them, and 8 percent are unsure.
“Two thirds of Canadians at least somewhat oppose the government providing financial incentives to encourage the construction of AI data centres in Canada,” said the survey report, released this week.
The survey was conducted online from July 28 to 30 among 1,104 randomly selected Canadians aged 18 and older. It has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points, 19 times out of 20….