cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/74351191

A proposed data center in northwestern Alberta could generate dozens of atomic bombs worth of heat every day.

  • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    Marlaina Smith passed a law that data centers can NOT use renewables, they must use gas. I shit you not.

        • A_norny_mousse@piefed.social
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          I guess we’re talking local gas, and the argument is something like “support your local oil co.”?

          Not that it makes it any better but that’s the reasoning that eluded me. It’s fucked up though, because this is what countries/regions/politicians do all over the world: save the planet, sure, but local jobs come first.