Canada Faces Data Center Backlash as AI Plans Advance

TREE NEWS reports: Canada is seeing growing local opposition to data centers, complicating Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push to attract AI infrastructure investment. Ontario’s Oakville and Alberta’s Rocky View County have imposed one-year moratoriums, and Manitoba’s premier rejected a project near Winnipeg. Kevin O’Leary’s proposed 7.5 GW facility also faces resistance, while protests hit a Vancouver project backed by all government levels.