The Manitoba government plans to build more data storage infrastructure in the province so people rely less on storage and cloud-computing services offered by Google, Microsoft and other companies based in the United States, Premier Wab Kinew said Friday.

"You'll see servers and data centres in Manitoba in the future," Kinew told reporters.

"The idea is we need that capacity here at home to power the next generation of our Manitoba economy."

Kinew made the remark after releasing a report on the future of innovation and technology in Manitoba. The report was produced by a group of data experts led by entrepreneur Jim Balsillie, former CEO of Research in Motion.

The report says the province needs to avoid being overly reliant on private networks and platforms such as those owned by U.S.

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