Ontario's premier was in Guelph at a provincial data centre to announce the province’s framework for its Data Centre Playbook, which is open for public comment for 30 days.
That last part is key. Data centres use up a huge amount of real estate and produce incredible strain on local infrastructure, but they produce an incredibly small amount of employment. It’s mostly just a few low-wage security guards. You could fit dozens of other businesses, employing thousands of people, into the space taken up by one data center.
That last part is key. Data centres use up a huge amount of real estate and produce incredible strain on local infrastructure, but they produce an incredibly small amount of employment. It’s mostly just a few low-wage security guards. You could fit dozens of other businesses, employing thousands of people, into the space taken up by one data center.