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- 1Alberta's data centre boom faces environmental reckoning●An environmental reckoning? Data centre rush hits hard realities # Alberta # Canada # Tech # AI # Water # DataCentres #
The rapid expansion of data centres in Alberta, Canada, driven by demand for AI computing, is running into hard realities around water use, energy supply and local politics. The discussion highlights tensions between economic development, natural gas power reliance, rural concerns and climate impacts as utilities and governments weigh the costs of the tech rush.
- 2Big tech ramps up guarantees backing AI debt●“ #BigTech companies are rapidly expanding their use of #guarantees to back debt for #AI #datacentres and #chips , issui
Major technology companies are increasingly using guarantees to back debt for AI data centres and chips, issuing up to $300bn in commitments in under a year while recording little of that exposure on their balance sheets. The scale of off-balance-sheet support is drawing scrutiny, with analysts questioning how much financial risk the firms are carrying beyond what their accounts show.