Councillor Calls for Report on Potential Impacts of AI Data Centres

Warm Springs Watershed Assoc. to host community discussion on AI and data centers - Morgan Messenger

The Warm Springs Watershed Association will hold its annual membership meeting on Wednesday, August 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 49 S. Green St., Berkeley Springs. Street parking is available, with additional parking behind the church. The meeting is open to the public, not just[Read More...] The post Warm Springs Watershed Assoc. to host community discussion on AI and data centers appeared first on Morgan Messenger.

Majority of Canadians oppose government support for AI data centres, poll shows

Respondents cite high electricity demand, environmental harm and heavy water use as their top concerns

Over 70% of people hate AI data centers. Politicians just learned the hard way

Voters are disgusted by the unchecked expansion of AI data centers and made their concerns known across the country in Tuesday’s primary elections. There were obvious signs this would happen that politicians across the country ignored — and they paid for it. A recent Gallup poll shows 71% of people oppose building AI data centers in their local areas, with broad agreement across the political spectrum. YOUR POWER BILL IS PAYING FOR SILICON VALLE…

Understanding the Environmental and Community Impact of AI and Data Centers

Ask an AI chatbot a simple question, and its answer uses about as much electricity as a microwave running for one second. Now give that same AI a big job and let it work on its own. This is called an agent. It plans its own steps, searches the web, tries things, and keeps going until it thinks it is done. One of those jobs can use as much power as running your laptop for almost six hours. Same technology. Very different bill. That difference int…

Councillor calls for report on potential impacts of AI data centres

A motion before regional councillors calls for staff to looking into how data centre development could impact the economy and environment

Provincial Green Party leader calls for moratorium on new AI data centres

Ontario Construction News staff writer Ontario Green Party Leader and Guelph MPP Mike Schreiner is calling for a moratorium on artificial intelligence data centre development until the province establishes rules governing environmental, energy, health and economic impacts. Schreiner made the call Thursday as municipalities grapple with growing interest in data-centre development and concerns about the […] The post Provincial Green Party leader c…