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Dan Shannon

Craftsperson, artist ... journalist too I guess?
writing about data centre stuff: blundervalley.ca
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@its.small.patatas.caReposted by @its.small.patatas.ca

"AI Growth Zone", incidentally, is the term used in the UK to describe massive government-supported AI datacentre campuses >500MW.

That's what Slate wants for Hamilton's waterfront.

@tammyhwang.bsky.social @craigcassar.bsky.social @voteloomis.bsky.social @maureenwilson.bsky.social

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"AI Growth Zone", incidentally, is the term used in the UK to describe massive government-supported AI datacentre campuses >500MW.

That's what Slate wants for Hamilton's waterfront.

@tammyhwang.bsky.social @craigcassar.bsky.social @voteloomis.bsky.social @maureenwilson.bsky.social

#HamOnt

@nicktsergas.caReposted by @its.small.patatas.ca

This is what we've warned municipal councils about across the country.

A developer can say they're building one thing, but legislatively there is nothing to stop them from building a very different thing.

That's the whole banana.

Thank you once again @its.small.patatas.ca for reporting this.

@nicktsergas.caReposted by @its.small.patatas.ca

Last week Sask. Premier Scott Moe announced the contentious 300MW AI datacentre going up outside of Regina is actually going to be 1,200MW.

In #HamOnt, newly-obtained documents show Slate Asset Management has been planning for 800MW of datacentre capacity "at full scale."

@isabellabandaid.bsky.socialReposted by @its.small.patatas.ca

As a Hamilton resident I am deeply concerned about the proposed Steelport development on Hamilton’s waterfront, particularly the proposed inclusion of large-scale AI data-centre infrastructure.

#HamOnt

@ketanjoshi.coReposted by @its.small.patatas.ca

I know this'll ruffle feathers but I agree with this Food/Water watch analysis. Diverting renewable energy away from fossil phase-out and climate adaptation and towards melting graphics card to power chatbots is the formal end of moral purpose for clean technology.

Data Centers With Renewables Aren’t the Answer So all these power plants and “temporary” turbines are raising power prices and polluting our communities. Why don’t we just power data centers with renewables? Many data center companies are pledging to (eventually) do just that. But even if these pledges weren’t just empty greenwashing promises, powering data centers with clean energy is utterly unrealistic. It also threatens the progress of our already dangerously slow energy transition. Continuously powering a 1 GW data center would require nearly 20,000 acres of solar panels or 185,000 acres of onshore wind power. We cannot afford to waste the time, space, or money to build renewables for Big Tech’s profit machines. Already, data center growth is outstripping available renewable energy supply and redirecting renewables from other industries. It’s drawing urgently needed renewables from existing technologies and resources. We need to focus our renewable energy resources toward thos
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Carney's inviting the world's largest asset managers — many of them U.S.-based backers of Trump — to a summit next week to sell off what's left of Canadian resources and industry. He's trying to light as much fossil fuel on fire as possible during a climate crisis. His "war" is against you & me

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