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Ontario electricity demand to soar 75% by 2050 due to EVs and AI: system operator

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Ontario ’s electricity system operator is expecting demand to soar 75 per cent higher by 2050 .

Electric-vehicle manufacturing and new data centres supporting artificial intelligence will drive demand.

Industrial demand alone will increase by 58 per cent by 2035 , adding the equivalent of a city the size of Toronto to the grid.

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