A Moratorium on Ai Data Centres

Letter: Ban AI data centres

Dear North Cowichan mayor and council, CVRD directors, and Premier David Eby: Given colossal water, land and power demands, plus allegedly dangerous noise levels, we urge our Cowichan and provincial leaders to ban development of artificial intelligence (AI) data centres in B.C. Proactive councillors in Alberta’s Rocky View County, near Calgary, have wisely paused such data-centre proposals while rules governing AI-related projects are probed. De…

A moratorium on Ai data centres

RE: A moratorium must be placed on the development of data centres and their associated infrastructure until the full impacts are known to the public.   Dear Ministers, Premier, and Impact Assessment Agency,  The environmental, climate, and community organizations undersigned are writing to request that a moratorium be placed on the development of Hyperscale Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centres and their associated infrastructure until the …

AI data centres are coming to Alberta. Is the province ready?

Nate Glubish on FacebookAuthor: Clayton DeMaineAlberta’s tech minister is advocating for the province to allow the construction of AI Data centres in industrial zones. In an exclusive interview with Juno News, Nate Glubish addresses several major concerns that Canadians and Albertans have about AI data centres.Glubish spoke with Juno News, making the case why Alberta should lead the way on developing AI data centres, addressing several common co…

Labor doubles down on AI data centres and neglecting the environment – 16 News

Labor’s reshuffle tells us a few things – Environment? Don’t care. Cyclists? Don’t care. AI data centres? More please!  The Victorian Greens say that Labor’s priorities have been made crystal clear: rolling out the red carpet for big tech corporations top the list, while the environment is not even on the page.  Victoria now has the fifth Environment Minister in five years. A revolving door that shows how little priority Labor gives to protectin…

Emerson launches DeltaV platform for AI data centres

Rising AI workloads are forcing operators to simplify power and cooling controls as data centres race to come online faster and cut commissioning risk.

New data centres not expected to put upward pressure on electricity prices, MBIE tells Willis

Finance Minister Nicola Willis says MBIE officials advise her data centres aren't expected to put upward pressure on electricity prices