Alberta’s AI data centre boom unleashes ‘gold rush’ for electricity allotments
Last year, as AI data centre proponents competed for a portion of the limited 1,200 megawatts that would connect their projects to the provincial grid, one company secured 180 megawatts from the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) — then sol...
#AI #electricity #datacentre #Alberta
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/albertas-ai-data-centre-boom-unleashes-gold-rush-for-electricity-allotments-9.7089179?cmp=rss
#DataCentre
Alberta’s AI data centre boom unleashes ‘gold rush’ for electricity allotments
Last year, as AI data centre proponents competed for a portion of the limited 1,200 megawatts that would connect their projects to the provincial grid, one company secured 180 megawatts from the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) — then sol...
#AI #electricity #datacentre #Alberta
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/albertas-ai-data-centre-boom-unleashes-gold-rush-for-electricity-allotments-9.7089179?cmp=rss
Is power for AI data centres a new commodity? One company sold its AESO allotment for $18M
Last year, as AI data centre proponents competed for a portion of the limited 1,200 megawatts that would connect their projects to the provincial grid, one company secured 180 megawatts from the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO...
#AI #electricity #datacentre #Alberta
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/albertas-ai-data-centre-boom-unleashes-gold-rush-for-electricity-allotments-9.7089179?cmp=rss
Alberta’s AI data centre boom unleashes ‘gold rush’ for electricity allotments
Last year, as AI data centre proponents competed for a portion of the limited 1,200 megawatts that would connect their projects to the provincial grid, one company secured 180 megawatts from the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) — then sol...
#AI #electricity #datacentre #Alberta
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/albertas-ai-data-centre-boom-unleashes-gold-rush-for-electricity-allotments-9.7089179?cmp=rss
Johor Data Centre Dispute: Gelang Patah Townhall Tackles Dust, Noise #datacentre #gelangpatah #johor #news
CPUs are Back: The Datacenter CPU Landscape in 2026
RL and Agent Usage, Context Memory Storage, DRAM Pricing Impacts, CPU Interconnect Evolution, AMD Venice, Verano, Florence, Intel Diamond Rapids, Coral Rapids, Arm Phoenix + Venom, Graviton 5, Axion
I'm gonna go against the general grain on Mastodon and say it's futile to fight against AI.
The cat's out of the bag, the genie out of the bottle. The fight we can, and must have is for the democratisation and use of AI for public good rather than at the behest of capital
I'm not talking about LLMs here (though they can be helpful). Seizing the computational advances that this AI wave brings is a genuine huge opportunity for humanity in terms of drug discovery, advances in computational simulations that would make Soviet central planners jealous. It's not a panacea, but a lot of tasks around pushing the boundaries of what's possible are endlessly testing and disproving theories, where AI would be relatively helpful.
I don't think blowing up data centres is the way to go, as it invites further brutalisation and restrictions on personal freedom to protect capital.
I think Chinese Labs are an answer to this.
I think making AI models more efficient and their use on consumer hardware tractable (Qwen3-Coder-Next is a great example that can run on Macbooks and has N-1 performance) is an answer to this.
I think fighting tooth and nail for LLM work to never be copyrightable is an answer to this.
I think new players like CXMT coming online with maybe less cutting edge, but mass affordable and accessible memory chips is an answer to this.
I think DeepSeek, Z.AI, Mistral distilling frontier models is an answer to this.
My ability to generate AI slop will inevitably outcompete your ability to shut it down. Your boss' ability to vibecode shit will outcompete your attempts to sandbox them or argue for proper due process.
The fight can only be fought by making AI economically intractable, not via moralisation
Bell plans to build artificial intelligence data centre near Regina, RM documents show
Documents filed with the Rural Municipality of Sherwood has revealed that Bell plans to build an AI data centre south of Regina.
#AI #datacentre #Regina
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/bell-ai-data-centre-regina-9.7083484?cmp=rss
Proposal for massive new data centre in Olds, Alta. has some residents concerned
If approved, it would be the largest data centre in Canada, by far, but a proposal to build the project in the small Alberta town of Olds, has generated some controversy.
#datacentre #residents #concern #OldsAlta #Economy #Money
https://globalnews.ca/news/11659970/proposal-massive-new-data-centre-in-olds-alta-residents/
Proposal for massive new data centre in Olds, Alta. has some residents concerned
If approved, it would be the largest data centre in Canada, by far, but a proposal to build the project in the small Alberta town of Olds, has generated some controversy.
#datacentre #residents #concern #OldsAlta #Economy #Money
https://globalnews.ca/news/11659970/proposal-massive-new-data-centre-in-olds-alta-residents/
Proposal for massive new data centre in Olds, Alta. has some residents concerned
If approved, it would be the largest data centre in Canada, by far, but a proposal to build the project in the small Alberta town of Olds, has generated some controversy.
#datacentre #residents #concern #OldsAlta #Economy #Money
https://globalnews.ca/news/11659970/proposal-massive-new-data-centre-in-olds-alta-residents/
Proposal for massive new data centre in Olds, Alta. has some residents concerned
If approved, it would be the largest data centre in Canada, by far, but a proposal to build the project in the small Alberta town of Olds, has generated some controversy.
#datacentre #residents #concern #OldsAlta #Economy #Money
https://globalnews.ca/news/11659970/proposal-massive-new-data-centre-in-olds-alta-residents/
Malaysia Witnesses First AI Data Centre Protest In Johor #datacentre #johor #news #protest #zdata
https://www.lowyat.net/2026/381039/malaysia-witnesses-first-ai-data-centre-protest-in-johor/
Help me spread this 🙏Thx
#Alberta #Canada has approved 20 #DataCentre , 19 more waiting for approval
1 within the town limits of Olds
It's twice the size of Cross Iron Mills mall on 300 acres
The owners are worth billions to the #UCP So the #UCP will break or change every rule to allow them in 🤬
"30 Million/year in tax revenue" to the town of #Olds.
The mayor has already bragged to media how excited he is & it hasn't even been thru any stage of approval 🤬 He & a 7 member council get to decide for all. "A referendum is too expensive" 🤬
Due to 💲 the council very openly ignore that a residential community lives 50 yards from it
I est a 100 of low valued homes will be forced to sell due to the 24/7 noise & pollution. That's IF they can find a buyer
Families will lose all their financial savings in their mortgages
The wealthiest communities live nowhere near this monster
It's poor vrs the rich 🤬
Guess where the council members live?
#cdnpoli #abpoli #ndp
Thank you very much for mentioning #LibreQoS in your submission to the Brazilian🇧🇷government’s consultation on the National #DataCentre Policy, #ARTIGO19 / @article19
English:
https://article19.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/EN-Data-Centre-Contribution-Artigo-19-Contribuicao-BR-Tomada-de-Subsidios.pdf
#OpenSource #bufferbloat #latency #jitter #ARTICLE19 #Brazil #Brasil #QoE #FLOSS #FOSS #QualityOfService #DataCenter #broadband #LowLatency #IXP #Peering #InternetExchange #CDN
#IX #IXs #IXPs #Internet #InternetServiceProvider #BandwidthIsALIE #QoS
B.C. government launches selection process for AI, data centre projects to compete for power
A competitive process awarding companies that offer the most economic and environmental benefits is the right path forward, Energy Minister Adrian Dix said.
#government #AI #datacentre #power #BC #Economy
https://globalnews.ca/news/11645849/bc-government-selection-ai-data-centre-projects-compete-power/
B.C. government launches selection process for AI, data centre projects to compete for power
A competitive process awarding companies that offer the most economic and environmental benefits is the right path forward, Energy Minister Adrian Dix said.
#government #AI #datacentre #power #BC #Economy
https://globalnews.ca/news/11645849/bc-government-selection-ai-data-centre-projects-compete-power/
B.C. government launches selection process for AI, data centre projects to compete for power
A competitive process awarding companies that offer the most economic and environmental benefits is the right path forward, Energy Minister Adrian Dix said.
#government #AI #datacentre #power #BC #Economy
https://globalnews.ca/news/11645849/bc-government-selection-ai-data-centre-projects-compete-power/
Intel wafer supply is shifting toward the data center, however.
The construction of a £1 billion datacentre in Iver, Buckinghamshire, have been put on hold after the government admitted it had made a critical error in granting planning permission.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/datacentre/1bn-datacentre-plans-on-hold-after-government-admits-legal-blunder
#datacenter #datacentre #iver #technews #uk #ukpol #foxglove #planning
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