Compute costs: Accounting for AI’s hidden energy bill

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This panel explores how energy prices, data centres and infrastructure constraints are reshaping AI economics and how innovators are tackling AI’s energy issues. We will look at how the industry is responding and what innovations are emerging to address these challenges.

Agenda

9:00 a.m. - Registration

9:15 a.m. - Opening remarks

9:20 a.m. - Panel discussion

10:00 a.m. - Networking

Panelists (more speakers to be announced):John D. Malcolm, Chief Technical Product Officer, Multiverse Computing

Hemant Agrawal, Director of Product, TELUS AI Factory

Shannon Bell, Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Officer and Chief Information Officer, OpenText

Murad Hemmadi, AI Reporter, The Logic (moderator)

Attend MaRS Mornings during Toronto Tech Week for networking and insights from tech and innovation leaders. Whether you are scaling a startup, managing a fund, or seeking new opportunities this is your "daily stand-up" with the innovation community.

Attendees include:

Founders from pre-seed to IPO.

Investors scouting the next signal in the noise.

Policy-makers shaping the regulatory landscape.

Corporate partners seeking innovation.

Tech media telling the stories of the ecosystem.

Toronto Tech Week is a citywide celebration of the people building what’s next. From May 26–29, 2026, founders, investors, and builders come together for hundreds of community-led events across Toronto, connecting tens of thousands of people around Canadian tech. Torontotechweek.com