#saveolds — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #saveolds, aggregated by home.social.
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The organizers of the Olds Transparency Project are holding their community celebration event (the power plant application for the data centre was denied)...wait for it...
...in the parking lot of the Town of Olds offices!
Gotta love these folks. They have told me they are far from done with their efforts at accountability for this debacle and advocacy for AI data centre regulations for all.
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The Olds power plant/data centre is not in the public interest. Residents who’ve been fighting it for more than seven months are exhausted but elated. More than 900 people were granted intervenor status in the Alberta utility regulator’s hearing because it was determined they all could’ve been impacted.
It was too much, too close to people’s homes, and even without the government’s promised new rules around siting projects, the AUC said “enough.”
Read the breaking story!
#ableg #cdnpoli #AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #saveolds #fossilfuels #climate
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A town of less than 10,000 just rallied more than 680 people who now have standing in the application for a 1.4 GW data centre and thermal power plant across the street - literally - from their homes.
Olds is really showing up. This is going to be an expensive application for the company involved, but if you look at their public notification and consultation program, or lack thereof, I don’t think anyone will be surprised that it has come to this.
My latest update has just been posted!
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #AIdataCentres #AIdataCenters #artificialIntelligence #alberta #saveolds
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Had to pause my review of the Town of Olds Access to Information documents.
I'll try to get back to it soon...
There have been developments on the Olds front:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/olds-data-centre-power-plant-auc-9.7238203
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #AIdataCentres #AIdataCenters #alberta #saveolds
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ICYMI: As of today there are 1,172 registered participants for the Synapse application before the Alberta Utilities Commission.
What’s really interesting is that Premier Danielle Smith bragged about this data centre in her video announcing the separation referendum. It was an “accomplishment” she wanted to highlight in order to convince Albertans to vote to stay in Canada this fall.
A report from Olds with updated information on my story for The Mix, and behind-the-scenes email exchanges.
Oh, and flowers.🪻
https://open.substack.com/pub/jodymacpherson/p/hundreds-of-rural-albertans-line
##ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #AIdataCentres #AIdataCenters #alberta #saveolds
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Olds residents are fighting the Synapse data centre with facts. And awaiting answers to plenty of questions. Meanwhile, the company initially failed to notify the Olds hospital of their plans before submitting their application to the AUC.
“Is our fire department adequately staffed/equipped to control a major fire or explosion? Within 500 metres of the project site there is a retail gas station and cardlock facility, plus residences, hotels, restaurants, small businesses, our college, and major roads.”
https://www.thealbertan.com/opinion/letter-olds-data-centre-could-have-big-impacts-12380741
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #AIdataCentres #AIdataCenters #artificialIntelligence #alberta #saveolds