CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@JEmphatically @McRocker Pretty much everything that is AI and AI adjacent is all about inflated claims associated with questionable money sources.It’s just like watching the subprime mortgage fiasco all over again, only this time Canada doesn’t have a regulatory framework protecting us. It’s so maddening to watch this play out.

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…https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/20/news/kevin-oleary-pins-water-licence-70-billion-data-centre-project-small-alberta

Environment Minister Grant Hunter: We have some of the "highest environmental standards in the world" AND also "the lowest regulatory burden in the world."Claimed in the SAME STATEMENT.Also, he says the technology has been used here for decades...no, not at this scale.And he adds:We need to keep "Canadian data in our hands." Wonder Valley is a project funded by US and UAE investors. Kevin O'Leary is Trump's best buddy!https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1GrLQG1n6i/#ableg #cdnpoli #AIDataCentres

In case anyone is wondering why no one trusts Big Tech companies…“a water recycling plant that the company had promised to build for the community to help offset the millions of gallons of local drinking water that xAI’s facilities exhaust every day…"“which uses freshwater from the Memphis Sand Aquifer to cool its data centers and accompanying power plants…”“...had originally committed to building the water-reuse facility in 2024. But after nearly two years, Musk posted on X this month that the project would be paused indefinitely…”An excellent Substack, by the way!https://open.substack.com/pub/oligarchwatch/p/musk-leaves-memphis-high-and-dry?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email#ableg #cdnpoli #AIDataCentres #water