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PowerBank launches first Ontario AI data-center with 500 GPUs and C$2M/year rent

Oct 29, 2026, 9:14 AM EDT1 sourcesAI-analyzed

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Laudable milestone (first lease) and clear revenue pathway, but material upside depends on securing a tenant and obtaining permits; near-term gains may be limited until 2028 cash flows materialize.

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PowerBank announces its first Ontario AI data-center project under a joint development agreement, a 2 MW powered-shell facility designed to host about 500 NVIDIA GB300 GPUs. If a tenant is secured, the project could generate roughly C$2 million in annual lease revenue starting in PowerBank's fiscal year 2028, marking a scalable edge data-center pipeline fed by Ontario’s power access.

PBK secures first Ontario 2 MW AI data-center lease under JDA.
Project capacity ~1.77 MW IT, ~500 NVIDIA GB300 GPUs across 11 racks.
Capex ~C$10 million; tenant funds GPUs; lease revenue ~C$2 million/year.
Commercial operation targeted for PBK's FY2028 (ending 2028-06-30).
First of several Ontario sites; edge-compute strategy relies on available power.

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