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Technology Minister Nate Glubish faced questions from residents at a town hall in Redwater over the government's plan for artificial intelligence data centres. Residents raised concerns about water, land, electricity, safeguards and the promised jobs. Glubish said Meta's project represents indirect economic benefits and that 300 jobs are worth pursuing.
About 150 people attended a Redwater town hall Thursday night to question the costs, impacts and long-term consequences of Alberta's push to attract AI data centres.
The Alberta Utilities Commission rejected Synapse Real Estate Corp.'s application to build and operate a 1,400-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant with 1,800 megawatts of backup diesel generation in Olds. The facilities would have been located beside a large-scale data centre and supplied it exclusively rather than connecting to the Alberta Interconnected Electric System. The commission concluded that the proposed location was not in the public interest.
The city issued 17 apartment permits in 17 days, worth $54.3 million in total, in Balwin, Belgravia, Blatchford Area, Bonnie Doon, Britannia Youngstown, Downtown and 10 other neighbourhoods.
WhereBalwin, Belgravia, Blatchford Area, Bonnie Doon, Britannia Youngstown, Downtown, Keheewin, Malmo Plains, Queen Alexandra, Rosenthal, Skyrattler, Strathcona, Summerlea, Thorncliff, West Jasper Place, Wîhkwêntôwin
The city issued 26 office permits in 17 days, worth $11.0 million in total, in Central Mcdougall, Coronet Industrial, Downtown, Ebbers, Ellerslie, Ellerslie Industrial and 13 other neighbourhoods.
WhereCentral Mcdougall, Coronet Industrial, Downtown, Ebbers, Ellerslie, Ellerslie Industrial, Hawks Ridge, High Park, Mcnamara Industrial, Meadowlark Park, Morin Industrial, Ottewell, Place Larue, Rideau Park, Rosedale Industrial, Silver Berry, Summerlea, Westmount, Youngstown Industrial
To construct a 4 storey mixed-use building including 9 CRU (2HR demising walls included) on main floor (8 CRU of General Retail and one CRU of Professional, Financial and Office Support Services Use), 1 - 2HR masonry firewall and 93 Dwellings of Multi-unit housing and at grade parkade. --Trumpeter-- (NOTE: Tenant fit-ups require separate permits) (93 units). Declared construction value $26,110,095. Address: 2260 - TRUMPETER WAY NW.
New construction changes what gets built in your neighbourhood and when.
To construct an addition to existing warehouse building, dock warehouse. Reimer Group. Declared construction value $3,642,929. Address: 16060 - 128 AVENUE NW.
To construct a Residential Use building in the form of a 6 Dwelling Row House with rear attached Garages and unenclosed front porches (6 units). Declared construction value $1,252,500. Address: 66, 12703 - 205 STREET NW.
Public hearings are the last point at which residents can speak to a rezoning.
New licences are the earliest public signal that a business is opening.