Elected officials in Hamilton and Burlington believe Ontario’s new strategy for attracting data centres needs to be clearer for residents.
Last week, Premier Doug Ford introduced a new framework aimed at drawing investment and creating jobs, while ensuring that data centres cover their full electricity costs and provide advantages to local communities.
This framework also claims to safeguard data sovereignty, assuring that Canadians’ information will stay within Canada.
However, Hamilton Coun. Nrinder Nann expressed that the announcement leaves many vital questions unanswered.
“I think it’s a starting place,” Nann told CBC Radio’s Metro Morning on Friday. “The playbook doesn’t get into details in terms of policy and regulation.”
The province states that new data centres must meet environmental standards concerning water usage and noise levels, prioritizing projects that utilize closed-loop cooling systems.
WATCH | Why data centre communities worry about water:
Why data centre communities worry about water
As opposition to AI-driven data centres increases, industry leaders suggest there are ways to create facilities that are more considerate of community needs. For Radio-Canada, Anaïs Elboujdaïni looks into the concerns regarding water usage and advocates for a more sustainable approach in Canada.
The government has also mentioned that any new data centres consuming over one megawatt will incur higher electricity rates compared to existing industrial programs designed for large electricity consumers.
Nann believes it’s crucial for data centres to bear their own electricity expenses but insists further regulations are necessary.
“I think that that’s really important for residents to hear,” she said. “But it doesn’t get into the details around noise, doesn’t get into the details around water extraction, where the water is going to come from. It doesn’t get into details around environmental standards.”
The swift expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to a boom in data centre construction, triggering protests across Canada over concerns like the significant amount of water and energy these sites require.
Experts have informed CBC Hamilton that current governance treats data centres like other industrial projects without specific guidelines. Identifying this gap, some local leaders aim to establish regulations specifically for data centres and have requested pauses on development until those rules are set. Oakville recently became the first municipality in Ontario to implement such a one-year pause last week.
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Why data centre communities worry about water
As opposition to AI-driven data centres increases, industry leaders suggest there are ways to create facilities that are more considerate of community needs. For Radio-Canada, Anaïs Elboujdaïni looks into the concerns regarding water usage and advocates for a more sustainable approach in Canada.
The government has also mentioned that any new data centres consuming over one megawatt will incur higher electricity rates compared to existing industrial programs designed for large electricity consumers.
Nann believes it’s crucial for data centres to bear their own electricity expenses but insists further regulations are necessary.
“I think that that’s really important for residents to hear,” she said. “But it doesn’t get into the details around noise, doesn’t get into the details around water extraction, where the water is going to come from. It doesn’t get into details around environmental standards.”
The swift expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to a boom in data centre construction, triggering protests across Canada over concerns like the significant amount of water and energy these sites require.
Experts have informed CBC Hamilton that current governance treats data centres like other industrial projects without specific guidelines. Identifying this gap, some local leaders aim to establish regulations specifically for data centres and have requested pauses on development until those rules are set. Oakville recently became the first municipality in Ontario to implement such a one-year pause last week.
Hamilton councillor wants stronger guardrails
Last month, Hamilton city council voted 10-6 against a proposed year-long halt on new data centre development while studying how these facilities should be regulated. Nann, who initiated the motion, stated her desire for stronger regulations before these facilities are established in neighborhoods. “It’s not that I’m against them,” she said. “I think that there needs to be really serious guardrails put in place.” She also questioned the province’s claim of thousands of job opportunities and billions in economic growth potential. The province asserts its broader artificial intelligence strategy could yield $122 billion in economic growth by 2035 and create over 17,000 annual jobs. “What we don’t know yet is, are those jobs just to construct the shell that data centres are going to be housed in or are those long term permanent positions that Ontarians can rely on?” Nann said. Nann raised additional worries about data sovereignty-specifically whether companies operating within Ontario might fall under U. S. laws allowing American authorities access to their information. “I think a lot of Canadians are curious about what data sovereignty actually looks like,” she said.Burlington councillor emphasizes importance of specifics
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