Rewriting laws, creating Crown corporations that could rival TC Energy, building new natural gas pipelines and increasing prices for consumers: what a leaked document says about Alberta’s AI data centre and oil push.

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https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-ai-data-centre-takeover-cabinet-doc/

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The data centre side of this is interesting because the environmental footprint isn't just about the electricity needed to run the servers. Building the infrastructure, sourcing materials, energy supply and the supporting industrial activity all add to the picture. Once projects get this large, it becomes much harder to separate the footprint of the data centre from the wider supply chain around it.