How confident is Premier Danielle Smith in her government hitting its goal of attracting $100 billion in data centre development within five years?

The premier quickly points out that it’s only been a few weeks since the federal government suspended its Clean Electricity Regulations (CER), which were widely seen as an obstacle to such developments.

The suspension, along with an agreement by the province to hike its industrial carbon price, was a key element in the new Ottawa-Alberta memorandum of understanding on energy that was reached in late November.

And with the federal electricity regulations on the sideline, it’s an important change the province and industry players believe will help propel more projects forward.

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