Data centre proponents step forward in K'atl'odeeche, Yellowknife - Yellowknifer

Data centre proponents step forward in K’atl’odeeche, Yellowknife

Some NWT voices are championing the idea of building data centres in the territory, but the scale of the projects differs.

Data centre proponents step forward in K'atl'odeeche, Yellowknife - Yellowknifer

Some NWT voices are championing the idea of building data centres in the territory, but the scale of the projects differs. K’atl’odeeche First Nation’s Lyle Fabian, CEO of KatloTech Communications, wants to construct a “traditional” data centre on the First Nation’s lands near Hay River. Fabian emphasized that his proposed data centres, roughly the size of a shipping container, would be much different than newer “hyperscale,” AI data centres. Th…