Mark Carney Dismisses Canadians' Legitimate AI Environmental Concerns, Critics Say
The article discusses growing public concern in Canada about the environmental impact of AI data centres, particularly regarding energy and water usage. It highlights a protest in Vancouver against Telus's planned AI data centres, and contrasts this public concern with Mark Carney's dismissive framing of such worries as ignorance. The piece argues that Carney and his ministers are out of step with Canadians who have legitimate concerns about AI's environmental costs.
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In late May protesters marched through Vancouver in an attempt to halt two AI data centres that Telus is planning for the city.
They called out the massive energy demands to power all the computers inside the centres and the vast quantities of water that would be used to keep them cool, especially as the region faces water restrictions.
The public is right to be concerned about AI. But Carney and his ministers have framed our reluctance as ignorance.
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The public is right to be concerned about AI. But Carney and his ministers have framed our reluctance as ignorance.
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