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Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦
@dmacphee@mas.to  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

These thirsty AI data centres should be fought against tooth and nail. They are raping the country of its water with literally zero oversight. For goodness sakes don’t use shit AI programs when you have your own intelligence.
#Water #Canada #Cdnpoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data-centre-canada-water-use-9.6939684

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Jim Patterson 🇨🇦
@SheamusPatt@mstdn.ca replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@dmacphee A prime example is Kevin O'Leary's plans for the "largest AI data centre in the world". Not only a water hog (in a drought stricken municipality) but it's to be powered by natural gas-based electricity. Also on Treaty 8 territory - they don't seem concerned about getting indigenous buy-in.
https://www.theenergymix.com/alberta-municipality-declares-farm-disaster-due-to-drought-approves-water-guzzling-data-centre-plan/

#AI #Alberta #ClimateCrisis

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Alberta Municipality Declares Farm Disaster Due to Drought, Approves Water-Guzzling Data Centre Plan

An Alberta municipality that declared an agricultural disaster earlier this month due to drought is moving forward with plans to host the “largest AI computer data centre on Earth,” which could drain millions of litres of water every day from the watershed.
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