The Hydro-Québec building is pictured in Montreal, on June 21, 2016. The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson
Quebec’s hydro utility is seeking to significantly raise electricity prices for data centres and cryptocurrency operations.
Hydro-Québec has asked the province’s energy board to hike rates for new data centres to 13 cents per kilowatt hour—roughly double the price it charges to customers that consume large amounts of power.
