Hamilton hat gerade bei allen KI-Rechenzentren eine Pause eingelegt. Das ist groß
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-hamilton-just-hit-pause-on-all-ai-data-centres-this-is-big/
Hamilton hat gerade bei allen KI-Rechenzentren eine Pause eingelegt. Das ist groß
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-hamilton-just-hit-pause-on-all-ai-data-centres-this-is-big/
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Are there any alternative proposals for the site they were going to build on? An existing heavy industrial area seems like a good spot for a data centre in general. I think cities shouldn’t be incentivizing these builds, and instead should demand compensation. But by banning them that’s not even an option.
Can’t say I’m surprised, but still disappointed from Hamilton here. The council meeting today was the usual suspects making the same old „we just need more consultations“ excuses, which means they want the project to die in endless regulatory appeals.
People will go on and on about the environmental impact of this, but ignore the fact that Hamilton has had industry for a hundred years. You can see black smoke on the horizon from Stelco, but a data centre that might make some noise is a step too far?
It’s not even like data centres are some new thing, most of the internet runs off them, but there’s been a moral panic whipped up over it, and people are unduly freaking out.
Lot of data center FUD going around nowadays. They can use a lot of electricity (the water bit is mostly bunk), but the ideal situation is that they help pay for all the new nuclear we have planned in Ontario. Nuclear jobs pay well, but nuclear is expensive.
A lot of this is a not unfounded animus at AI generally, some of that is certainly warranted, but they’re just going to build the AI datacenter somewhere else and we can benefit it we do it here, properly.