Canadian Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said Canada is looking to boost natural gas flows to the U.S. to help meet the power needs of American data centers and increase LNG exports from the Gulf Coast.

"There was zero consultation with us" about the massive AI project, said the leader of one First Nations tribe.

Alberta is touting its abundant supply of cheap fossil fuels to entice tech companies to build data centers for the AI boom, a move that would undermine Canada's plan to ​link new data center ...