A $10 billion AI data centre and 1.4 GW gas-powered plant inside the town of Olds boundaries does not require an environmental impact assessment, according to Alberta’s environmental regulator.

An official told Olds town council they are “really trying to understand all of the nuances associated with this particular sector,” but scrapping the assessment was based on how well they understand the gas plant???

“I’m a bit of an old dog, so I don’t know what this AI stuff is really all about. I just want to go and play hockey,” he confessed.

Alberta Waives Review For Massive Data Centre While ‘Old Dog’ Official Admits Knowledge Gap

A 1.4-gigawatt, gas-powered artificial intelligence (AI) data centre proposed for Olds, Alberta will bypass a formal environmental impact assessment (EIA), even as officials confess data centres are a new and unfamiliar sector.

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