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Saturday, November 15, 2025

Battle of Pokrovsk: How Russia broke into the city and what's next -- Russia plans to import 12,000 North Koreans to work in its massive Shahed drone plant -- Suspicious drone sightings reported at key French gunpowder factory -- Russian military vessel spotted near Hawaii, US Coast Guard says ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/saturday-november-15-2025/

The-14 Oct 19

Canada’s AI ambitions depend on energy security and critical resources
#Canada #AI #EnergySecurity #CriticalResources #AIFuture #Technology #Innovation #Sovereignty #NaturalGas #Tech #Energy #Productivity #DataCenters #ArtificialIntelligence
https://the-14.com/canadas-ai-ambitions-depend-on-energy-security-and-critical-resources/

Canada’s AI ambitions depend on energy security and critical resources | The-14

Canada’s AI ambitions hinge on energy security and critical resources to power growth and maintain sovereignty in an increasingly competitive global landscape.

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Ecologia Digital Jul 25, 2025

"A single large-scale #datacenter can consume as much electricity as a small city with a population of around 50,000 people and requires millions of liters of water for cooling. As data centers occupy a significant amount of land, they are often built in agricultural or green landscapes. This high-margin business model directly enriches large tech companies while draining #criticalresources from #localcommunities."
https://algorithmwatch.org/en/infrastructure-intrusion-conflict-data-center/

Infrastructure or Intrusion? Europe’s Conflicted Data Center Expansion - AlgorithmWatch

Data centers, cornerstones of the EU’s digital ambitions, are expanding rapidly across the continent. Public responses to this digital prioritization vary dramatically. Some communities embrace them as engines of development; others push back, citing threats to the environment and their quality of life.

AlgorithmWatch

Jude Jackson Sep 15, 2024

Mounting concerns in US-NATO circles over critical minerals and war with #China - World Socialist Web Site

#CriticalResources #CriticalMinerals
#WWIII

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/09/12/prgr-s12.html

Mounting concerns in US-NATO circles over critical minerals and war with China

The United States and its European allies are increasingly concerned that efforts taken so far to stop China’s control over the global critical mineral supply chain are inadequate, complicating US-led preparations for war.

World Socialist Web Site

Stefan Weisenberger Jan 14, 2023

Noteworthy. #mining #europe #rareminerals #criticalresources
https://www.mining-technology.com/news/european-rare-earths-sweden/

Biggest European rare earths deposit found in Sweden

LKAB has discovered, what it claims to be Europe’s largest known deposit of rare earth oxides, in the Per Geijer area near Kiruna.

Mining Technology