#Alberta’s proposed Wonder Valley #AI Data Centre Park is slated to be the world’s largest.

While advertised as an economic jackpot powering innovation with natural gas, the project faces a major legal challenge from the Sturgeon Lake #Cree Nation over water rights and a lack of consultation.

The dispute underscores a critical question: What does #Canada’s AI future demand from our land, water, and energy systems?”

https://theconversation.com/canadas-ai-strategy-must-reckon-with-the-environmental-implications-of-data-centres-285333

Canada’s AI strategy must reckon with the environmental implications of data centres

AI is often described as if it lives in the cloud. The persistent controversies regarding the Wonder Valley project in Alberta illustrate how false that is.

The Conversation