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Data centre developers want Alberta to fast-track like Utah did
There's an AI data centre convention this week in Calgary and it's being promoted on LinkedIn. Would you be surprised to hear that the data centre lobby is arguing that Alberta is going too slow and that the province lost out to Utah because of a "state-level fast-track Alberta doesn't have"?
The province already has a concierge service, has waved environmental impact assessments for every data centre so far, and has an "Automatic Yes" permitting policy.
But it's not enough. They want the province to help AI data centre developers do what Kevin O'Leary did to Utah.
And they're pressuring elected officials with statements like this: "The deal goes to whoever moves first."
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