Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew speaks with reporters before the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa, Jan. 29, 2026. The Canadian PressAdrian Wyld
The construction of an artificial intelligence data centre on a 141-hectare tract of farmland southeast of Winnipeg will not proceed, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says.
The immense scale of the project, the energy it will require, and its effects on the community of Île-des-Chênes outweigh the benefits, Kinew told reporters at the Manitoba legislature.
