sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoSeattle poised to ban new datacenters, the largest city yet in the US to consider such a moratoriumwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
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minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoFrom what I’ve heard, Vancouver is in a similar boat as Seattle and we’re seeing proposals for two datacenters in the middle of the city. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-ai-data-centre-plan-vancouver-kamloops-9.7195426 I want more infrastructure in Canada, but the location choice is still weird. It might be a good thing if this law will incentivize companies to take that into account.
From what I’ve heard, Vancouver is in a similar boat as Seattle and we’re seeing proposals for two datacenters in the middle of the city.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-ai-data-centre-plan-vancouver-kamloops-9.7195426
I want more infrastructure in Canada, but the location choice is still weird. It might be a good thing if this law will incentivize companies to take that into account.