OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — Canada’s Liberal government under Prime Minister Mark Carney released an AI plan that includes the building of controversial data centers.

In early June, Carney and Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon announced “AI for All,” which promises more use of the technology in official government business.

“Our strategy, AI for All, is designed to put Canadians back in control, to build trust, to seize opportunities, and above all, to harness AI to improve lives, and indeed to save them,” Carney said.

Solomon claimed that because people have “trust” concerns over the use of AI the government would make sure it’s “safe.”

According to the Liberals’ AI document, plans will be put in place to build controversial “large-scale” data centers with no less than 100 megawatts and some as high as 850 megawatts by 2030.

AI data centers have become more common in the United States but are rare in Canada. There are concerns from some that they cause low-level humming noises in communities and use excessive amounts of water.

One study from the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) found that data centers in Texas used 49 billion gallons of water in 2025 alone, with that number skyrocketing to 399 billion gallons by the year 2030.

The Carney government’s AI plan says it will create 250,000 new AI-related jobs by 2031 and that business use of AI will go from 12 percent to 60 percent by 2034.

The Conservative Party responded by saying the Liberals’ AI plan lacks “details” and is “hollow.”

“Today’s announcement was a lot of fanfare, short on details, a lot of hollow words from a podium,” Conservative Deputy Leader Melissa Lantsman said. “I think Canadians are expecting real answers on safety, on security, on privacy, and on the future of AI in this country.”

The Carney government says it will introduce safeguards to protect people from the dangers of AI, but the reality is that this may not be possible given how fast the technology is advancing.

Pope Leo XIV’s recent encyclical addressing artificial intelligence (AI) saw him condemn abortion and euthanasia and call out the dangers of AI in how it can lead to anti-human philosophies such as transhumanism and posthumanism.

LifeSiteNews veteran computer engineer Bruce Sabalaskey, in a recent opinion deep dive on AI, noted that while it has its advantages and is useful in many ways, ultimately it is fraught with dangers.

He noted how AI can lead to the exploitation of children, become a “surveillance and social-control system,” and can “attack work and family stability.”

Sabalaskey was clear, however, that AI itself is not the issue but the humans behind its use who are.

“A crucial distinction must be made. AI itself is not the moral agent. AI does not sin; men sin by misusing AI. In a fallen world, this is guaranteed. Every powerful tool created by man will eventually be misused,” he wrote.

“This is where Catholic analysis must be more precise than ordinary technology criticism. We should not speak as if technology becomes evil by ‘magic.’ Technology becomes dangerous because fallen men use powerful tools without obedience to the true God.”