Mapping how capital meets compute in Canada.

Why this research exists

Canada has the raw ingredients: abundant hydro power in Québec and British Columbia, a gas-fired growth corridor in Alberta, the country's largest data-centre market around Toronto, and a first grid-scale small modular reactor under construction east of the city. What it lacks is a shared picture of the capital side — who is deploying into Canadian compute, who is holding back, and what would change their minds.

Public reports cover the supply side well. Nobody has systematically asked the money. That is the gap this project closes, and the reason the interviews span all sides of the market rather than one.

What participants receive

The brief, first

The finished picture of the Canadian compute-capital landscape, delivered to participants before anyone else sees it.

The other side of the market

Operators hear, in aggregate, what investors and lenders told us. Capital hears what operators and builders said. Each side gets a view it cannot easily collect on its own.

No sales motive

Nothing is for sale, and this research has no sponsor or client. If it ever leads to anything further, participants hear about it first — as participants, not as targets.

Method and confidentiality

1. A twenty-minute video call. No preparation is needed, and no slides are shown on either side.
2. Responses are aggregated across all interviews and anonymized to role level before anything is written.
3. The brief goes to every participant, including those who declined an interview. Recordings and notes are never shared, sold, or published, and you may withdraw your input at any time before publication.

Who is behind this

Olga Gorbunova

Lead researcher

Leads every interview. A decade in operations and event production.

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Ev Netchaev

Research and data

Builds the analysis. Engineering program leadership at a global technology company.

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