#DataCentres #AI #cdnpoli #abpoli #ClimateChange #EnergyTransition #yyc
@calgaryclimatehub.ca
@calgaryclimatehub.ca"Alberta's the centre of the fossil fuel industry in Canada. All this investment is to make a market for #BigOil. At a town hall in #Didsbury an advisor to the premier said they were coming up with a new gas market for Alberta. Now we realize what that gas market was: these AI #DataCentres."
@johncke.bsky.social'Environmental thinktank Verdant predicts that all the #datacentres currently planned are likely to directly employ 10,400 workers – compared with the more than 40,000 cited in projections by the industry lobby group TechUK.'
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
@2eubrussels.bsky.socialBruegel researchers say Europe’s AI compute bottleneck is time, not private capital. In their inventory, fully private projects represent 84% of planned capacity. They want gigafactory funding redirected towards faster permits, grid connections and access to computing capacity. #AI #DataCentres
@fladdle.bsky.socialA hyperscale data centre near me got approval in 2024 and may start building this year. Meanwhile, a huge space prepared for dozens of homes (streets, services, etc all done), also near me, has sat idle since the end of 2024. Obvious priorities. #VicPol #SpringSt #DataCentres #AusPol #housing
@informingbritain.com"HEALTH EXPERT'S AI DATA CENTRES 'HEIGHT OF MADNESS' WARNING"
@JamesLWalker.bsky.social for @ScotNational.bsky.social
A public health expert has warned a rush to build at least 24 #ArtificialIntelligence #DataCentres in #Britain risks health and huge power use.
@shazbear.bsky.socialSo that's a big fat No then. Simple. #DataCentres #USpressure #FuckOffTrump
@alfredo.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gyThe UCP intends to build gas pipelines to fuel data centres in Alberta that the private pipeline companies themselves call "speculative" and won't invest in. This will cause gas prices to surge for everyone.
https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-ai-data-centre-takeover-cabinet-doc/
#ABpoli #DataCentres #AI
@calgaryclimatehub.ca"A lot of us have just come off the coal fight, disappointed with a really dishonest outcome there. Albertans have great reason to be more distrustful of our provincial government than ever. We're being utterly ignored by them and now we've got #DataCentres getting rammed down our throats." #abpoli
@evethorne.bsky.socialI'm curious whether this video from one of Canada's new social media platforms (EH!) copies well here.
#abpoli #AI #datacentres
ehnw.ca/p/4dOzP1t_T6...
@lazarou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyRight and Left fighting over who hates Data Centres more.
I think the Tech Bros have thoroughly lost this...
@howarthm.bsky.social‼️ #datacentres are estimated in #England to use 6.6m litres of drinking water every day. With the government’s ambition to triple datacentre capacity by 2030, this could increase to 19.8m litres a day‼️
💥 FYI: homes and premises w/ #CombiBoilers also use drinking water to flush 🚽💥
@enoughaboutai.comDónal and Ciarán return in time for the new school and college terms to help you get back to learning about GenAI. Here, they bring you up to speed on the mounting political backlash to data centres in Ireland. #genai #technology #artificialintelligence #openai #anthropic #datacentres
@jamieb1000.bsky.social
@mnemosy.bsky.social