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LaRocque said the decision is baffling, citing concerns over rising electricity demand, massive water consumption and air pollution linked to AI data centres.
“Vancouver is in the middle of a housing crisis and water shortage,” he said. “These centres will use more heat and water — it seems counterintuitive to me.”
The power goes out in downtown Vancouver about as often as I visit, which is to say once every handful of years. Any sort of diesel generator usage on that scale is not even worth mentioning in terms of air pollution while cars are still allowed in the city core.
BC doesn’t have strained electrical grids in cities, this ain’t Texas.