Wonder Valley is now 65 square kilometres, and 9 GW of power is needed to run the facility using methane gas (up from 7.5GW).
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Wonder Valley is now 65 square kilometres, and 9 GW of power is needed to run the facility using methane gas (up from 7.5GW).
And a recent water licence for 6 million cubic metres of water per year will need to be quadrupled or O’Leary will have the power to back out of the deal.
And it has been exempted from having to do an environmental impact assessment.
Technology and Innovation Minister Nate Glubish facilitated a meeting between Kevin O’Leary and federal AI Minister Evan Solomon to discuss Wonder Valley, but did not respond to my emailed questions about what was discussed.
Alberta’s AI data centre strategy in action.
My latest report on what’s been happening with this mega project in northern Alberta.
‘Earth’s Largest’ AI Data Centre in Alberta Just Got Bigger
Kevin O’Leary’s massive data centre and gas plant planned in northwestern Alberta is expanding its footprint and leverage, securing a meeting with a federal cabinet minister while regulators dismiss a First Nation’s challenge to its water licence.
The Energy Mix (www.theenergymix.com)
#abpoli #cdnpoli #WonderValleyAlberta #AIDataCentres #climate #water
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Wonder Valley is now 65 square kilometres, and 9 GW of power is needed to run the facility using methane gas (up from 7.5GW).
And a recent water licence for 6 million cubic metres of water per year will need to be quadrupled or O’Leary will have the power to back out of the deal.
And it has been exempted from having to do an environmental impact assessment.
Technology and Innovation Minister Nate Glubish facilitated a meeting between Kevin O’Leary and federal AI Minister Evan Solomon to discuss Wonder Valley, but did not respond to my emailed questions about what was discussed.
Alberta’s AI data centre strategy in action.
My latest report on what’s been happening with this mega project in northern Alberta.
‘Earth’s Largest’ AI Data Centre in Alberta Just Got Bigger
Kevin O’Leary’s massive data centre and gas plant planned in northwestern Alberta is expanding its footprint and leverage, securing a meeting with a federal cabinet minister while regulators dismiss a First Nation’s challenge to its water licence.
The Energy Mix (www.theenergymix.com)
#abpoli #cdnpoli #WonderValleyAlberta #AIDataCentres #climate #water
Also, if you haven’t read Marc Fawcett-Atkinson’s latest piece for Canada’s National Observer, he discovered that O’Leary has locked in guarantees from the local municipality that if he doesn’t get the water licences he needs (currently estimated at 24 million cubic metres/yr), he can back out of the land purchase.
Worth reading the full deal…
Kevin O'Leary pins water licence for $70-billion data centre project on a small Alberta municipality
Kevin O'Leary's plan to build the "world's largest" data centre at a cost of $70 billion in northern Alberta depends on a deal that lets the celebrity investor walk away from the project if the local government can't secure necessary water licences, documents show.
Canada's National Observer (www.nationalobserver.com)
