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Proposed data centre will release 23 Hiroshima atomic bomb worth of energy a day

Hacker News | Nov 1, 2026 | DeepLogin

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Caption: A project map shows the phases of O'Leary Digital's Wonder Valley data centre, which would be located about 42 kilometres south of Grande Prairie in the Municipal District of Greenview. (O'Leary Digital Limited) An analysis of the mammoth data centre proposed by celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary suggests it would release the equivalent of 23 atom bombs of heat waste into the boreal forest of northwestern Alberta every day. EIAs “are typically required when a project, or components of a project, involve technologies or systems with unknown environmental impacts.

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