Documents obtained by @greenpeaceca.bsky.social: One of the big 'benefits' of AI data centres, according to Carney government, is a bigger market for fossil gas
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Nice to speak to @geoffdembicki.bsky.social @desmog.com about leaked documents revealing the capacity of planned fossil plants for Canadian data centres + my estimate that if they became operational, they'd cause enough emissions to wipe out 15 years of progress
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AI is fossil capital accumulation:
One of govt's stated top “public policy benefits” of constructing data centres is creating new markets for Canadian fracked gas producers, w/ build-out of vast electricity-consuming data centres providing markets for Canadian energy.
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"Carney could have insisted as part of his AI strategy that data centres be powered by renewable energy, said @climatekeith.bsky.social a senior energy strategist with Greenpeace Canada."
“This makes it clear that one of the main reasons that the Carney government wants to expand AI data centres is that so Big Oil can sell more gas,” Stewart said.
When one of the Liberals’ biggest climate champions feels he must leave the Liberal caucus in order to fight climate change, it says everything you need to know about the government’s sense of urgency on this file.
There is none. PM Carney has abandoned climate action at our collective expense.
Boosting energy production is one of the top ‘public policy benefits to Canada’ of data centres, internal Privy Council document explains.
What's driving Canada's AI data centre boom? Internal gov docs show that it's the opportunity to "provide markets to Canadian energy"
What energy is supplying these projects? Gas of course!
Read @geoffdembicki.bsky.social and @jenstden.bsky.social 's piece below:
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