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I've got a breaking news story and I am shocked to report that everyone replied to my emails this time!
O'Leary's Wonder Valley project loses big in the courts today.
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation wins big.
It turns out transparency is important for Court of King's Bench Justices. They get annoyed as much as we do when information is redacted.
#ableg #cdnpoli #WonderValleyAlberta #AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #Indigenous #DutytoConsult #Justice
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I've got a breaking news story and I am shocked to report that everyone replied to my emails this time!
O'Leary's Wonder Valley project loses big in the courts today.
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation wins big.
It turns out transparency is important for Court of King's Bench Justices. They get annoyed as much as we do when information is redacted.
#ableg #cdnpoli #WonderValleyAlberta #AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #Indigenous #DutytoConsult #Justice
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If you’re secretly approving a hyperscale data centre powered by fossil fuels in the middle of an agricultural disaster caused by climate pollution, then you should expect to be questioned.
Which probably explains why no one wanted to answer any of my questions. None of the provincial government ministers acknowledged my emails, Sturgeon County promised to get back to me but never did. Meta did not respond either.
Is everyone in denial?
#ableg #cdnpoli #AIdatacentres #disaster #climatecrisis #climatechange #pollution #AIdatacenters
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If you’re secretly approving a hyperscale data centre powered by fossil fuels in the middle of an agricultural disaster caused by climate pollution, then you should expect to be questioned.
Which probably explains why no one wanted to answer any of my questions. None of the provincial government ministers acknowledged my emails, Sturgeon County promised to get back to me but never did. Meta did not respond either.
Is everyone in denial?
#ableg #cdnpoli #AIdatacentres #disaster #climatecrisis #climatechange #pollution #AIdatacenters
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The Alberta government has been talking about its AI data centre strategy for at least two years and just now decided to create a few web pages defending it. Hmmm…I wonder what could be happening to force them to do this? 🤔
As Nate Glubish has been saying at every news conference about data centres, and recently repeated at the Meta announcement, “We know what’s best for Albertans!!”
The new website pretty much screams that same message to everyone.
https://prairieenergies.substack.com/p/there-is-no-cloud-and-data-centres
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The Alberta government has been talking about its AI data centre strategy for at least two years and just now decided to create a few web pages defending it. Hmmm…I wonder what could be happening to force them to do this? 🤔
As Nate Glubish has been saying at every news conference about data centres, and recently repeated at the Meta announcement, “We know what’s best for Albertans!!”
The new website pretty much screams that same message to everyone.
https://prairieenergies.substack.com/p/there-is-no-cloud-and-data-centres
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The Alberta NDP wants to hear where you stand on AI data centres.
They are in St. Albert in Sturgeon County tonight (where Meta’s data centre is going) on a “listening tour” 6 p.m. at Red Willow Place, 7 Tache Street.
I had questions about the tour…I’d like to say I received answers but I did not.
And they backed out of an interview with me until after they finish their consultations.
https://www.albertandpcaucus.ca/ai-data-centre-consultations
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The Alberta NDP wants to hear where you stand on AI data centres.
They are in St. Albert in Sturgeon County tonight (where Meta’s data centre is going) on a “listening tour” 6 p.m. at Red Willow Place, 7 Tache Street.
I had questions about the tour…I’d like to say I received answers but I did not.
And they backed out of an interview with me until after they finish their consultations.
https://www.albertandpcaucus.ca/ai-data-centre-consultations
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Only about half of the data centre decision-makers surveyed said they were holding public forums or investing in local initiatives, while recent national polling shows that only 33% of developers are addressing grid reliability, and only 29% are responding to water consumption concerns.
The report authors suggest “a disconnect between engagement efforts and community priorities.”
You’d think data centre developers would pay attention to communities…but, no. I guess at least $64 billion, 18 state bills and 86 local moratoriums proposed across the U.S. isn’t enough to convince them?
#ableg #cdnpoli #emissions #electricitygrid #AIdatacentres #AIDataCenters #WonderValleyAlberta #wondervalleyUtah #stratos
https://open.substack.com/pub/jodymacpherson/p/community-pushback-blocks-64b-in
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Only about half of the data centre decision-makers surveyed said they were holding public forums or investing in local initiatives, while recent national polling shows that only 33% of developers are addressing grid reliability, and only 29% are responding to water consumption concerns.
The report authors suggest “a disconnect between engagement efforts and community priorities.”
You’d think data centre developers would pay attention to communities…but, no. I guess at least $64 billion, 18 state bills and 86 local moratoriums proposed across the U.S. isn’t enough to convince them?
#ableg #cdnpoli #emissions #electricitygrid #AIdatacentres #AIDataCenters #WonderValleyAlberta #wondervalleyUtah #stratos
https://open.substack.com/pub/jodymacpherson/p/community-pushback-blocks-64b-in
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Data centres are coming for the Alberta grid…and a proposed new bridging program will give them an easy way in.
Story updated with full answers from AESO, and more commentary from the Pembina Institute.
“There’s a way to do it that makes sense and the way that Alberta is doing it doesn’t really line up with best practices that we’re seeing across the world.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/jodymacpherson/p/icymi-temporary-grid-power-for-data#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #Meta #electricitygrid #AIdatacentres #AIDataCenters
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Data centres are coming for the Alberta grid…and a proposed new bridging program will give them an easy way in.
Story updated with full answers from AESO, and more commentary from the Pembina Institute.
“There’s a way to do it that makes sense and the way that Alberta is doing it doesn’t really line up with best practices that we’re seeing across the world.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/jodymacpherson/p/icymi-temporary-grid-power-for-data#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #Meta #electricitygrid #AIdatacentres #AIDataCenters
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“Hot people hate AI” - Photos from the Anti-AI protest in Calgary at the end of June.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jodymacpherson/p/protest-featured-pokemon-llms-explained
#protest #streetphotography #photography #AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #ableg #cdnpoli #artificialIntelligence
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“Hot people hate AI” - Photos from the Anti-AI protest in Calgary at the end of June.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jodymacpherson/p/protest-featured-pokemon-llms-explained
#protest #streetphotography #photography #AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #ableg #cdnpoli #artificialIntelligence
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Read my recent story about the Olds data centre/power plant controversy, if you haven’t already, and get caught up on some new developments…
For example, Synapse has hired a public affairs agency and registered lobbyists in Alberta. Who are they and what government departments are they targeting?
Behind-the-scenes of this story: Find out who didn’t answer my questions and who’s on-the-hook for 680 local interveners’ legal costs. AUC explains the process they use to figure out how much Synapse will have to pay.
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Read my recent story about the Olds data centre/power plant controversy, if you haven’t already, and get caught up on some new developments…
For example, Synapse has hired a public affairs agency and registered lobbyists in Alberta. Who are they and what government departments are they targeting?
Behind-the-scenes of this story: Find out who didn’t answer my questions and who’s on-the-hook for 680 local interveners’ legal costs. AUC explains the process they use to figure out how much Synapse will have to pay.
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There’s a vacuum of accurate information around AI data centres, and misinformation/disinformation is filling that void…to the detriment of local communities and governments.
Canada’s Foreign Interference Commission said it was an existential threat to democracy.
“What we’re seeing across all democracies, in Canada and across the world, is a high level of distrust in government, a high level of distrust in journalism and in public institutions.”
But the federal government is lagging behind other countries in both creating regulations and funding solutions.
Read my newest article for The Energy Mix.
#AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #ableg #cdnpoli #democracy #journalism
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There’s a vacuum of accurate information around AI data centres, and misinformation/disinformation is filling that void…to the detriment of local communities and governments.
Canada’s Foreign Interference Commission said it was an existential threat to democracy.
“What we’re seeing across all democracies, in Canada and across the world, is a high level of distrust in government, a high level of distrust in journalism and in public institutions.”
But the federal government is lagging behind other countries in both creating regulations and funding solutions.
Read my newest article for The Energy Mix.
#AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #ableg #cdnpoli #democracy #journalism
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RE: https://mstdn.ca/@JEmphatically/116931674609108584
Now with the YouTube link!
Glubish: "So the data centre is the digital refinery, the fiber is the digital pipeline. This is essentially a way for Albertans to benefit from their natural resources at a time when the rest of Canada is making it very difficult to build pipelines to move the hydrocarbons themselves."
(Carney's MOU's and Major Projects promises don't even register...)
https://youtu.be/F3X71XLg_Bo?si=57cGUAUsDlBPQb8s
#AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #ableg #cdnpoli #democracy #fossilFuels
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RE: https://mstdn.ca/@JEmphatically/116931674609108584
Now with the YouTube link!
Glubish: "So the data centre is the digital refinery, the fiber is the digital pipeline. This is essentially a way for Albertans to benefit from their natural resources at a time when the rest of Canada is making it very difficult to build pipelines to move the hydrocarbons themselves."
(Carney's MOU's and Major Projects promises don't even register...)
https://youtu.be/F3X71XLg_Bo?si=57cGUAUsDlBPQb8s
#AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #ableg #cdnpoli #democracy #fossilFuels
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Kevin O’Leary explains the role of AI in war - “compliance by tenderization.”
“Every data centre built going forward in the US is going to have to give up at least 20% of its capacity to the US govt to protect the future of the US citizen and allied countries.”
https://youtube.com/shorts/BbGOXJ1xiKc?si=CIv5JulkU9Ky0ypU
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #AI #peace #sovereignty #democracy
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Kevin O’Leary explains the role of AI in war - “compliance by tenderization.”
“Every data centre built going forward in the US is going to have to give up at least 20% of its capacity to the US govt to protect the future of the US citizen and allied countries.”
https://youtube.com/shorts/BbGOXJ1xiKc?si=CIv5JulkU9Ky0ypU
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #AI #peace #sovereignty #democracy
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The MD of Greenview council, which would be the location of Kevin O'Leary's Wonder Valley, just deferred second reading of a new Disclosure Bylaw. No timeline for the bylaw to come back to council was decided. The vote was 9 in favour of deferral and one opposed.
The purpose of the bylaw is "to establish a formal and consistent process requiring Councillors to disclose certain personal, financial, and organizational interests that
may reasonably be perceived to influence their decision making. A disclosure bylaw sets out what information must be declared, when disclosures must be submitted, how they are updated, and how
they are maintained by the municipality. Its primary purpose is to support transparency, manage potential conflict of interest, and strengthen public confidence in local governance."https://pub-mdgreenview.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=6780
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #transparency #WonderValleyAlberta #democracy #AIDataCentres
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The MD of Greenview council, which would be the location of Kevin O'Leary's Wonder Valley, just deferred second reading of a new Disclosure Bylaw. No timeline for the bylaw to come back to council was decided. The vote was 9 in favour of deferral and one opposed.
The purpose of the bylaw is "to establish a formal and consistent process requiring Councillors to disclose certain personal, financial, and organizational interests that
may reasonably be perceived to influence their decision making. A disclosure bylaw sets out what information must be declared, when disclosures must be submitted, how they are updated, and how
they are maintained by the municipality. Its primary purpose is to support transparency, manage potential conflict of interest, and strengthen public confidence in local governance."https://pub-mdgreenview.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=6780
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #transparency #WonderValleyAlberta #democracy #AIDataCentres
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Communities are speaking loud and clear about their concerns about AI data centres, but the proponents don’t appear to be listening.
The amount of investment being blocked is astounding, yet a new survey reveals that the people pushing data centres are mainly focused on power, whether it’s access to the electricity grid or onsite power plants.
There’s, at best, a 50-50 chance they’re even talking to the community or making the effort to consider local benefits.
Sound familiar?
Read my latest roundup of what researchers are telling us about the current state of AI data centre affairs.
https://www.theenergymix.com/community-pushback-blocks-64b-in-u-s-data-centre-development/
#electricitygrid #AIdatacentres #AIDataCenters #climate #water
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Communities are speaking loud and clear about their concerns about AI data centres, but the proponents don’t appear to be listening.
The amount of investment being blocked is astounding, yet a new survey reveals that the people pushing data centres are mainly focused on power, whether it’s access to the electricity grid or onsite power plants.
There’s, at best, a 50-50 chance they’re even talking to the community or making the effort to consider local benefits.
Sound familiar?
Read my latest roundup of what researchers are telling us about the current state of AI data centre affairs.
https://www.theenergymix.com/community-pushback-blocks-64b-in-u-s-data-centre-development/
#electricitygrid #AIdatacentres #AIDataCenters #climate #water
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I've been reading reports...several of them...about data centres (of course!).
What I discovered is coming out in my next article for The Energy Mix tomorrow.
In the meantime, check out this excellent article that I was reading while writing my compiler story.
"AI is turning out to be more expensive for businesses than paying their workers. And that could be one of the many triggers that collapses the fragile economic edifice that the dreams of AI are propping up."https://prospect.org/2026/07/08/great-ai-repricing-isnt-going-well/
#AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #Meta #Facebook
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I've been reading reports...several of them...about data centres (of course!).
What I discovered is coming out in my next article for The Energy Mix tomorrow.
In the meantime, check out this excellent article that I was reading while writing my compiler story.
"AI is turning out to be more expensive for businesses than paying their workers. And that could be one of the many triggers that collapses the fragile economic edifice that the dreams of AI are propping up."https://prospect.org/2026/07/08/great-ai-repricing-isnt-going-well/
#AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #Meta #Facebook
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In Facebook-related news:
Officials in Wyoming said a contractor for Mark Zuckerberg’s tech company, Meta, flushed bacteria-contaminated water into public sewers during construction of a controversial new AI datacenter.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/08/meta-datacenter-ai-wyoming-water
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In Facebook-related news:
Officials in Wyoming said a contractor for Mark Zuckerberg’s tech company, Meta, flushed bacteria-contaminated water into public sewers during construction of a controversial new AI datacenter.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/08/meta-datacenter-ai-wyoming-water
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While everyone is focused on Meta’s AI data centre, Alberta is planning to allocate an additional 1.6 GW from the grid to data centres…temporarily. And the regulator admitted in a publicly available engagement session with industry that it’s going to raise everyone’s costs for electricity.
Facebook needs 1GW of power as soon as possible…AESO is freeing up 1.6GW to data centres that have plans to build their own generation…Just sayin’.
Electricity bills for everyone will likely go up, demand for natural gas will raise prices, and experts are warning about the impacts of large load data centres on the grid.
Read more in my latest for The Energy Mix.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #Facebook #electricitygrid #AIdatacentres #AIDataCenters
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While everyone is focused on Meta’s AI data centre, Alberta is planning to allocate an additional 1.6 GW from the grid to data centres…temporarily. And the regulator admitted in a publicly available engagement session with industry that it’s going to raise everyone’s costs for electricity.
Facebook needs 1GW of power as soon as possible…AESO is freeing up 1.6GW to data centres that have plans to build their own generation…Just sayin’.
Electricity bills for everyone will likely go up, demand for natural gas will raise prices, and experts are warning about the impacts of large load data centres on the grid.
Read more in my latest for The Energy Mix.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #Facebook #electricitygrid #AIdatacentres #AIDataCenters
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French President #EmmanuelMacron and Indian Prime Minister #NarendraModi are actively courting tech CEOs to secure #investments and #AIinfrastructure projects. Macron successfully persuaded #SoftBank to invest in #AIdatacentres in #France, while Modi secured significant investments from #Amazon, #Microsoft, #Google, and #Intel to develop #India’s #AIecosystem. Both leaders are prioritising #AI development to avoid falling behind in the global race. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/04/macron-modi-ai-infrastructure-tech-ceos.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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French President #EmmanuelMacron and Indian Prime Minister #NarendraModi are actively courting tech CEOs to secure #investments and #AIinfrastructure projects. Macron successfully persuaded #SoftBank to invest in #AIdatacentres in #France, while Modi secured significant investments from #Amazon, #Microsoft, #Google, and #Intel to develop #India’s #AIecosystem. Both leaders are prioritising #AI development to avoid falling behind in the global race. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/04/macron-modi-ai-infrastructure-tech-ceos.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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Data centre developers want Alberta to fast-track like Utah did
There's an AI data centre convention this week in Calgary and it's being promoted on LinkedIn. Would you be surprised to hear that the data centre lobby is arguing that Alberta is going too slow and that the province lost out to Utah because of a "state-level fast-track Alberta doesn't have"?
The province already has a concierge service, has waved environmental impact assessments for every data centre so far, and has an "Automatic Yes" permitting policy.
But it's not enough. They want the province to help AI data centre developers do what Kevin O'Leary did to Utah.
And they're pressuring elected officials with statements like this: "The deal goes to whoever moves first."
#AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #AILobby
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Data centre developers want Alberta to fast-track like Utah did
There's an AI data centre convention this week in Calgary and it's being promoted on LinkedIn. Would you be surprised to hear that the data centre lobby is arguing that Alberta is going too slow and that the province lost out to Utah because of a "state-level fast-track Alberta doesn't have"?
The province already has a concierge service, has waved environmental impact assessments for every data centre so far, and has an "Automatic Yes" permitting policy.
But it's not enough. They want the province to help AI data centre developers do what Kevin O'Leary did to Utah.
And they're pressuring elected officials with statements like this: "The deal goes to whoever moves first."
#AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #AILobby
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I almost agree with everything he said.
The thing I disagree on: what the billboard should say.
Instead it should say "data centres are awesome, British Columbia should lead the way."
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I almost agree with everything he said.
The thing I disagree on: what the billboard should say.
Instead it should say "data centres are awesome, British Columbia should lead the way."
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More than 99% of all images that I post had their alt text generated using AI.
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More than 99% of all images that I post had their alt text generated using AI.
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Gonna spend the Saturday coding from a coffee shop with the help of an AI assistant.
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Gonna spend the Saturday coding from a coffee shop with the help of an AI assistant.