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SHAPIRO: AI data centres becoming the new populist target

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Breadcrumb Trail LinksColumnistsPublished Apr 26, 2026  •  Last updated 1 hour ago  •  6 minute readPeople hold signs during a rally against Bell Canada's artificial intelligence (AI) data centre project in front of the office of Rural Municipality of Sherwood No. 159 in Regina on April 20, 2026. Photo by Heywood Yu /Postmedia NetworkArticle contentThere’s a growing impulse in United States politics to blame the free market and the technologies it produces for every bout of economic indigestion, as if a shadowy cabal of innovators is deliberately dismantling the middle-class way of life.Advertisement 2Story continues belowThis advertisement has not loaded yet,…

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