Microsoft has announced that it’s investing $19 billion until 2027 to further develop the Canadian AI industry, including $7.5 billion over the next two years. The company says that it started investing back in 2023.

With this investment, Microsoft aims to build new digital and AI infrastructure, including expansions to the Azure Canada Central and Canada East data centre regions, to deliver secure, sustainable, and scalable cloud AI capabilities that power modern public services. This new capacity is set to come online within the second half of 2026.

Microsoft is also launching a five-point plan to promote and protect Canada’s digital sovereignty. This five-point plan includes building a new threat intelligence hub in Ottawa, maintaining in-country processing and sovereign controls for

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