With the public clamouring to have a say in data centre projects in their communities. The federal government thought it WOULD BE FINE if they didn’t ask for public input on its “responsible data centre principles.” So they got together with a bunch of mayors and a bunch of big tech companies this past summer to come up with principles meant to reassure the public. I can’t tell you how many times I heard AI and data centre proponents talking about the need to build public trust at the AI event in Montreal. Everyone there seemed perplexed why there was a large protest outside the conference and an even larger number of Canadians opposed to data centres in their communities. Maybe they should stop doing everything behind closed doors, but what do I know. Read my latest for The Energy Mix! https://www.theenergymix.com/no-public-input-on-ottawas-public-input-principles-for-data-centre-development/ #ableg #cdnpoli #AIdatacentres #democracy #Environment