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Rejection of $10 billion Alberta data centre 'proof' system works, minister says
12+ hour, 54+ min ago (458+ words) Site in Olds, Alta. ‘simply not suitable' for proposed power plant, data centre, regulator says A massive AI data centre project in Olds, Alta that would have put a 1,400-megawatt powerplant across the road from homes has been rejected — a…...
Attempted copper theft triggers internet outage for Rogers customers in Calgary
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (817+ words) The incident is part of a growing trend of copper thefts that have caused internet and power outages across the country An attempted copper theft in Calgary on Monday morning has left some communities without internet, according to a note…...
Vulcan County residents challenge council rezoning decision for proposed data centre
1+ week, 5+ day ago (495+ words) Group allege municipality did not follow own rules or respect environmental protections A group of Vulcan County residents is seeking a judicial review of a council decision to rezone land where a local developer is proposing to build an AI…...
Your letters: Slow down on data centres
4+ week, 11+ hour ago (251+ words) What is known about these data centres being proposed by large corporations? We hear stories that they are buying up large tracts of land and will use a great deal of our water resources, and polluting the groundwater that so…...
Data centres: Alberta's energy advantage, in a form we can finally export
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (681+ words) The debate over AI data centres in Alberta has become louder by the day. Will they drain our water? Strain our grid? Carve up farmland? These are fair questions, and the people in Olds and Wonder Valley deserve real answers....
Varcoe: The years-long quest — and future road map — to bringing data centres to Alberta
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (927+ words) The opportunity of bringing data centre investment to Alberta has its genesis in November 2021 with Amazon Web Services Alberta has finally landed its first whale in the quest to draw $100 billion of data centre investment into the province — a new…...
Southern Alberta council approves rezoning for site of AI data centre proposed by farmer
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (646+ words) The data centre would generate 1,000 megawatts dedicated to IT computation Vulcan County council has approved rezoning land for the site of a proposed AI data centre, opening the door for the applicant to apply for a permit approving the project....
Varcoe: Meta unveils massive $13B, gigawatt-scale development in Alberta, Canada's largest data centre
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1296+ words) The massive data centre campus in Sturgeon Country, about 35 kilometres north of Edmonton, will be geared towards AI workloads It’s taken more than two years, but Alberta has attracted its first big hyperscaler — U.S. giant Meta Platforms — to develop…...
Fawning over Farkas? How Calgary's mayor won over the city's largest online community
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (794+ words) Mayor McMayorFace has been busy lately. That’s the custom username for Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas’s Reddit account, u/JeromyYYC. Farkas is a daily user of Reddit, an anonymous online forum divided into thousands of communities called “subreddits,” where users can…...
56,000 homes in Calgary and Edmonton soon to get mail at community mailboxes
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (428+ words) Canada Post announces which homes will no longer be getting home mail delivery as part of cost-cutting measures About 56,000 households between Calgary and Edmonton will have to pick up their mail and packages sent through Canada Post at community mailboxes…...