#datacentres — Public Fediverse posts
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#Tech groups score win on clean energy rules for gas-powered #datacentres
Corporate #climate watchdog drops stricter proposal on net zero claims after heavy #lobbying
The Science Based Targets initiative has decided to drop proposed rules that would have made it harder for a #datacenter group, running mostly on #fossilfuels, to claim its energy needs were entirely met by #renewable power to reach its climate goals.
https://www.ft.com/content/2ed922bb-266f-45cc-8930-c4ab5422bf95
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/13/datacentres-electricity-consumption-uk-us-ai. 6% of #electricity #supply in the #UK & #US used by #Datacentres, @DoomsdaysCW - & what about #water #consumption & #carbon #emissions? See: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389925002788.
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/13/datacentres-electricity-consumption-uk-us-ai. 6% of #electricity #supply in the #UK & #US used by #Datacentres, @DoomsdaysCW - & what about #water #consumption & #carbon #emissions? See: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389925002788.
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/13/datacentres-electricity-consumption-uk-us-ai. 6% of #electricity #supply in the #UK & #US used by #Datacentres, @DoomsdaysCW - & what about #water #consumption & #carbon #emissions? See: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389925002788.
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/13/datacentres-electricity-consumption-uk-us-ai. 6% of #electricity #supply in the #UK & #US used by #Datacentres, @DoomsdaysCW - & what about #water #consumption & #carbon #emissions? See: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389925002788.
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/13/datacentres-electricity-consumption-uk-us-ai. 6% of #electricity #supply in the #UK & #US used by #Datacentres, @DoomsdaysCW - & what about #water #consumption & #carbon #emissions? See: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389925002788.
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ABB commits $200m to expand medium-voltage output in Europe
ABB plans to invest approximately $200m (SFr156.27m) over the next three years to expand its medium-voltage manufacturing capabilities…
#Europe #EU #ABBCEOMortenWierod #datacentres #Manufacturing #medium-voltage #supportcustomers
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Force #BigTech to build their #DataCentres, #AI or otherwise, using #CleanEnergy for EVERYTHING & that's #EnergyTransition getting FUNDED & BUILT. Force #BigOil to pay for its enormous, dangerous lies & make 'em clean their mess & that's #ClimateChange #Mitigation FUNDED What? YOU'd prefer to pay?
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Force #BigTech to build their #DataCentres, #AI or otherwise, using #CleanEnergy for EVERYTHING & that's #EnergyTransition getting FUNDED & BUILT. Force #BigOil to pay for its enormous, dangerous lies & make 'em clean their mess & that's #ClimateChange #Mitigation FUNDED What? YOU'd prefer to pay?
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jeuzjfwsgn62xfoe7qo4jul5/post/3mfwlpflhsc22 -
Force #BigTech to build their #DataCentres, #AI or otherwise, using #CleanEnergy for EVERYTHING & that's #EnergyTransition getting FUNDED & BUILT. Force #BigOil to pay for its enormous, dangerous lies & make 'em clean their mess & that's #ClimateChange #Mitigation FUNDED What? YOU'd prefer to pay?
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jeuzjfwsgn62xfoe7qo4jul5/post/3mfwlpflhsc22 -
Force #BigTech to build their #DataCentres, #AI or otherwise, using #CleanEnergy for EVERYTHING & that's #EnergyTransition getting FUNDED & BUILT. Force #BigOil to pay for its enormous, dangerous lies & make 'em clean their mess & that's #ClimateChange #Mitigation FUNDED What? YOU'd prefer to pay?
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jeuzjfwsgn62xfoe7qo4jul5/post/3mfwlpflhsc22 -
Force #BigTech to build their #DataCentres, #AI or otherwise, using #CleanEnergy for EVERYTHING & that's #EnergyTransition getting FUNDED & BUILT. Force #BigOil to pay for its enormous, dangerous lies & make 'em clean their mess & that's #ClimateChange #Mitigation FUNDED What? YOU'd prefer to pay?
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Why powering the AI boom is breaking Europe’s grid.
From decade-long grid queues to facilities running at half capacity, a new study exposes the energy crisis at the heart of Europe’s push to boost its AI capabilities.
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https://medicinehatnews.com/news/local-news/2026/05/01/alberta-water-council-among-several-environmental-advisory-groups-being-eliminated-for-minimal-savings/
https://archive.ph/8t9hK
Alberta Water Council among several environmental advisory groups being eliminated for minimal savings
Canadians are basically being told we can’t be scared of what we don’t know. And, we don’t know what we don’t know, right?
Danielle Smith’s UCP is cutting off our ability to assess and track the environmental impacts of 3 major datacentre projects that are proposed for Alberta in Wonder Valley, Mihta Askiy, and Synapse. With the Federal Government also signalling a pull back on Environmental Assessment, experts rightly sound the alarm to state the obvious:
You can’t manage what you don’t measure.
Worse, these projects are not traditional infrastructure projects that provide critical “Public Goods” to society. They’re in many ways long-term investments in data management technologies that may prove to be bad gambles. As of 2026, in the midst of an on-going US-Iran conflict, and what most observers expect will lead to $150 per barrel oil, fuel shortages, fertilizer shortages, and worse, data centres are enormous investments in time, energy, water, and space. In exchange, these Data Centres may lead to contributions in “Artificial Intelligence”, but the reality of the technology is uneven adoption and even less productivity than hoped for.
As the world develops these “AI” products, there’s also an expectation that they become leaner, more efficient, and more performant. When these efficiencies are developed, and become industry changing, whole markets rattle wondering if the existing data centres and their investments were wasted. For example, Canadians can just look at the 2025 release of DeepSeek, which essentially introduced a new competitor to the AI sector, and a model that was indeed more efficient and performant at the same time. At that moment, NVIDIA stocks lost $600 Billion in value.
With additional developments in this space, Canadians can see that the markets continue to rattle in 2026, costing Billions more in losses.
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#ClimateDefense #DataCentres #AlbertaWaterCouncil #WaterforLife #LandStewardshipCentre #WatershedRestorationResiliencyProgram #WonderValley #MihtaAskiy #Synapse #DavidWright #RyanFournier #ImpactAssessmentAgency #NigelBankes
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The UCP government pulled the plug on an independent council that provided expert advice to the province on water policy.
Canadians are basically being told we can’t be scared of what we don’t know. And, we don’t know what we don’t know, right?
Danielle Smith’s UCP is cutting off our ability to assess and track the environmental impacts of 3 major datacentre projects that are proposed for Alberta in Wonder Valley, Mihta Askiy, and Synapse. With the Federal Government also signalling a pull back on Environmental Assessment, experts rightly sound the alarm to state the obvious:
You can’t manage what you don’t measure.
Worse, these projects are not traditional infrastructure projects that provide critical “Public Goods” to society. They’re in many ways long-term investments in data management technologies that may prove to be bad gambles. As of 2026, in the midst of an on-going US-Iran conflict, and what most observers expect will lead to $150 per barrel oil, fuel shortages, fertilizer shortages, and worse, data centres are enormous investments in time, energy, water, and space. In exchange, these Data Centres may lead to contributions in “Artificial Intelligence”, but the reality of the technology is uneven adoption and even less productivity than hoped for.
As the world develops these “AI” products, there’s also an expectation that they become leaner, more efficient, and more performant. When these efficiencies are developed, and become industry changing, whole markets rattle wondering if the existing data centres and their investments were wasted. For example, Canadians can just look at the 2025 release of DeepSeek, which essentially introduced a new competitor to the AI sector, and a model that was indeed more efficient and performant at the same time. At that moment, NVIDIA stocks lost $600 Billion in value.
With additional developments in this space, Canadians can see that the markets continue to rattle in 2026, costing Billions more in losses.
https://www.upgrad.com/blog/chinese-ai-returns-to-haunt-markets-one-year-after-deepseek/
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-ai-models-rattling-markets-42ee512e
As each year passes, and new models are released, these Data Centres have regular maintenance schedules that require regular replacement of spent chips and all of its components - much like a vehicle. Under the present geopolitical situation in the Middle East, the massive volumes of natural gas and precious water that will be spent feeding these centres pose a real risk that Albertans can be holding the bag to some extremely destructive Data Centres without appropriate security or collateral.
Some of these projects will be within ear shot of residential areas. You don’t have to search very far for people complaining about the noise from the power generators on site to figure out these Data Centres can literally alter the way entire communities are built
So, it’s true, Canadians cannot manage what we don’t measure. But, we can also see what’s happened already to know we’re not even managing the risk of when these Data Centres go wrong.
Should Canadians be disturbed that Assessments are being set aside for these very slap dash projects that are considered Natural Gas Plants, and are presented as “infrastructure”? Of course.
Should Canadians be worried about what little we already know? Let’s take a peek at Wonder Valley: From the National Observer’s Marc Fawcett-Atkinson, Albertans are also aware that the Wonder Valley project is not just about power generation. Specifically, the Wonder Valley project alone is expected to consume enough water to match that of 460,000 people over their entire lifetimes….
The plan is outlined in a heavily redacted land sale contract signed on March 25, 2026, between O’Leary’s company and a rural municipality of fewer than 9,000 people north of Edmonton.
Under the agreement, the Municipal District of Greenview will transfer a large part of a planned industrial park developed by the district to O’Leary’s company in three phases as it builds out the 7.5-gigawatt Wonder Valley project. But there’s a catch: before the sale goes through, the municipality must “act as an agent” for O’Leary’s company by securing provincial water licences that give the facility access to up to 24 million cubic metres of water annually.
That’s enough water for about 460,000 people over their lifetimes, drawn from a municipality that last year declared an agricultural emergency because of drought.
The Politician may like the prospect of pleasing Oil and Gas incumbents with a solid source of demand for Natural Gas. But no one seems to give a damn about where the costs are landing - seems to be on everyone else’s backs.
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HYPE 2026
#M3 site #NEXTDC & #Kapitol 100MW expansion hyperscale #Ai computing digital - exploitation - future: speed-scale-sovereign-sustainable snags ?
- Craig Scroggie #influencerhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/03/ai-datacentres-australia-opposition
#Capitalism #DataCentres #Diesel #Enshittification #fossilfuels
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"There are over 40 #datacentres proposed for construction in #Alberta. Often opposed by local residents, these enormous installations create few jobs and require vast amounts of electricity and #water – two commodities in limited supply in the province." https://www.desmog.com/2026/04/28/danielle-smith-is-betraying-rural-alberta-to-build-gas-powered-data-centres/
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“America’s first #datacentre #bans have hit the state level (see map below left), with Maine’s #statelegislature this month passing a first-in-the-country temporary #moratorium on all #datacentres larger than 20MW until Nov 2027” open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
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“America’s first #datacentre #bans have hit the state level (see map below left), with Maine’s #statelegislature this month passing a first-in-the-country temporary #moratorium on all #datacentres larger than 20MW until Nov 2027” open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
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“America’s first #datacentre #bans have hit the state level (see map below left), with Maine’s #statelegislature this month passing a first-in-the-country temporary #moratorium on all #datacentres larger than 20MW until Nov 2027” open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
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Lawlessness in #Alberta will turn that province into a wasteland. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/olds-mihta-askiy-data-centres-environmental-assessments-9.7167537
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A new collective noun:
A stupidity of data centres
#dataCentres #dataCenters
#artificialIntelligence
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Microsoft has committed $25bn in Australian data centre investment; SEEK says there's been a 75 per cent increase in job ads using AI key words; airline cancellations climbs slightly ahead of industry warnings of capacity cuts in the future
#ausbusiness #australia #microsoft #ai #datacentres #techinvestment #jobsmarket #seek #futureofwork #automation -
RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116454585508416682
This is what #Canada's Conservative Premiers and PM want for the country.
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... #Microsoft and other #US #tech companies successfully #lobbied the #EU to hide the #environmental toll of their #datacentres, an investigation has found, with demands to block a database of #green metrics from public view written almost word for word into EU rules.
#corruption #AI #BigData #USThreats #greed #CorporateTerrorism #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #GlobalWarming #DemocracyNOW #Europe #EuropeanUnion #profits #CorporateGreed #Enough
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... #Microsoft and other #US #tech companies successfully #lobbied the #EU to hide the #environmental toll of their #datacentres, an investigation has found, with demands to block a database of #green metrics from public view written almost word for word into EU rules.
#corruption #AI #BigData #USThreats #greed #CorporateTerrorism #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #GlobalWarming #DemocracyNOW #Europe #EuropeanUnion #profits #CorporateGreed #Enough
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... #Microsoft and other #US #tech companies successfully #lobbied the #EU to hide the #environmental toll of their #datacentres, an investigation has found, with demands to block a database of #green metrics from public view written almost word for word into EU rules.
#corruption #AI #BigData #USThreats #greed #CorporateTerrorism #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #GlobalWarming #DemocracyNOW #Europe #EuropeanUnion #profits #CorporateGreed #Enough
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... #Microsoft and other #US #tech companies successfully #lobbied the #EU to hide the #environmental toll of their #datacentres, an investigation has found, with demands to block a database of #green metrics from public view written almost word for word into EU rules.
#corruption #AI #BigData #USThreats #greed #CorporateTerrorism #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #GlobalWarming #DemocracyNOW #Europe #EuropeanUnion #profits #CorporateGreed #Enough
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... #Microsoft and other #US #tech companies successfully #lobbied the #EU to hide the #environmental toll of their #datacentres, an investigation has found, with demands to block a database of #green metrics from public view written almost word for word into EU rules.
#corruption #AI #BigData #USThreats #greed #CorporateTerrorism #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #GlobalWarming #DemocracyNOW #Europe #EuropeanUnion #profits #CorporateGreed #Enough
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@alan @Kye
Agreed. Though there must be a clear understanding of what it is that this opposition is aimed at, towit: GenAI (aka #AISlop on the #fedi) and not the niche #AI that powers such things as medical diagnostics tools, and numerous other dedicated, curated and deterministic AI.
The overall ‘furious opposition’ you’ll find here is to that copyright infringing software commonly found in #AIChatBots which have been proven to ‘make things up’ and in some cases lead to ‘deep depression’ and ‘radicalisation’ with well known consequences.Another aspect of this opposition has to do with the #infrastructure required for #GenAI (though recent chatbots developed in China and France have been shown to require more frugal requirements) which is impacting access to #water and #energy with obvious negative effects in the communities which host those required #Datacentres.
Last is the economic impact of GenAI systems. The flood of venture capital into GenAI and its infrastructure. The cross ownerships (moving putative money around) among GenAI and ancillary Tech corporations is hyping up a grossly over capitalised market, in effect creating a global financial bubble which is already showing signs of imminent collapse, will very likely drag the global economy crashing or into a prolonged recession.
In essence this is the opposition you will find on the #fediverse. Some can get pretty vocal about it too, but is it any wonder given our politicians, corporate management, corporate #msm, #TechBros and #Billionaires are all hell bent on feeding the bubble regardless of the potential for very dire consequences? Sometimes, it really feels like we’re shouting into the void…
The antidote to this is of course to introduce fact-based discussions about #AI generally, its pros and cons. I guarantee that the #Fedi is up for that, robust discussion grounded in experiencial and fact-based arguments. Maybe this is where you come in Kye …?
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How the #AIBubble may be like the 2008 GFC thanks to SPVs / CDOs
#GPU #CoreWeave #NVIDIA #StructuredFinance #Securitisation #CDO #DataCentres #PrivateCredit #GFC2 #DerivativesMarket #PensionFunds #SPV #ComputeFutures #TechDebt #WallStreet #FinancialEngineering #2008Redux
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How the #AIBubble may be like the 2008 GFC thanks to SPVs / CDOs
#GPU #CoreWeave #NVIDIA #StructuredFinance #Securitisation #CDO #DataCentres #PrivateCredit #GFC2 #DerivativesMarket #PensionFunds #SPV #ComputeFutures #TechDebt #WallStreet #FinancialEngineering #2008Redux
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How the #AIBubble may be like the 2008 GFC thanks to SPVs / CDOs
#GPU #CoreWeave #NVIDIA #StructuredFinance #Securitisation #CDO #DataCentres #PrivateCredit #GFC2 #DerivativesMarket #PensionFunds #SPV #ComputeFutures #TechDebt #WallStreet #FinancialEngineering #2008Redux
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While various clowns on #socials are busy calculating how many earthen jugs of water
It will take to cool the entirely impossible #datacentres in orbit...
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The surge in demand for #AIdatacentres is creating lucrative career opportunities for skilled tradespeople. The scarcity of specialised talent, coupled with the need for retrofitting existing #datacentres and building new ones, is driving up wages for roles like #HVAC #engineers and #electricians. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/18/ai-data-center-buildout-jobs-salary-skilled-traders-worker-shortage.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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A #Pew Research Centre survey reveals mixed public opinion on #datacentres. While a majority recognise their #economicbenefits, concerns are higher regarding #environmentalimpact, home #energycosts, and #qualityoflife for nearby residents. Democrats and younger adults express more negative views. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/03/12/how-americans-view-data-centers-impact-in-key-areas-from-the-environment-to-jobs/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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UK AI Action Plan: vaporware, crypto bros, and no AI
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UK AI Action Plan: vaporware, crypto bros, and no AI
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UK AI Action Plan: vaporware, crypto bros, and no AI
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UK AI Action Plan: vaporware, crypto bros, and no AI
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UK AI Action Plan: vaporware, crypto bros, and no AI
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With our ‘Sustainability Atlas IT’, we aim to provide a concise yet comprehensive insight into #sustainable #IT #infrastructures.
@mrchrisadams , one of the partners of #greenio 🎙️ with his #GreenWebFoundation, shared his views on #sustainability on the web with us during the event and painted a picture of a better future for #datacentres, #AI and the #internet.
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/773009/ Edinburgh data centre decision sends AI infrastructure warning #AIInfrastructure #Britain #ClimateTech #DataCentres #Edinburgh #GreatBritain #IES #PlanningPolicy #Scotland #Sustainability #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Edinburgh data centre decision sends AI infrastructure warning
The decision to reject plans for an AI-focused data centre in west Edinburgh is not just a local planning story.…
#Edinburgh #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #Scotland #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #AIinfrastructure #Britain #Climatetech #datacentres #GreatBritain #IES #PlanningPolicy #Sustainability
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@msfreepress starting to think this AI hustle is less about Tech and more about the Fossil Fuel industry...
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@msfreepress starting to think this AI hustle is less about Tech and more about the Fossil Fuel industry...
