Mississauga Puts 1-Year Pause on Data Centre Development

Mississauga councillors want to pause data centre builds for a year. Here's why

With data centre builds remaining a hot-topic in Ontario municipalities, some Mississauga city councillors are concerned about the uncertainty surrounding what the centres could mean for the community and the environment.

Mississauga puts 1-year pause on data centre development

Mississauga city council has approved a motion to put a one-year pause on the development of data centres.

Mississauga votes for data centre moratorium that could set Canadian precedent

A proposed one-year pause on data centre applications was supported 11-0; the bylaw is subject to final approval in September.

Mississauga approves one-year pause on AI data centres

The City of Mississauga has unanimously voted to approve a one-year moratorium on the development of digital infrastructure projects, including AI data centres. Councillors convened on Wednesday to vote on the matter and are now “undertaking a comprehensive review” of the potential impacts of these facilities on local economy, infrastructure, environment and more. While this […]

Umm, a data centre?

by SHERALYN ROMAN There have certainly been rumours and lots of chit chat about data centres, not just here in Caledon, of course, but all around the world. Data centres might be the single, largest, industrial-sized user of resources, sucking up electricity like an unsupervised child in a candy store and hoovering water at rates so alarming it’s hard to draw any kind of fitting analogy to express it. Treating earth like it’s their own personal …