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@Sir_Osis_of_Liver Yes, outlandish, is the word I keep thinking of to describe this. The question I have is why do some people believe the sales pitch? I can't figure it out.
And why are real companies like PCL, KPMG, and Gensler allowing their names to be associated with this...? 
@Sir_Osis_of_Liver They plan to power it totally off-grid, via methane gas turbines.
With little progress to report on the $70-billion Wonder Valley artificial intelligence data centre project promised for northern Alberta, Kevin O’Leary has announced he’s developing a twin AI data centre project in Utah, also named Wonder Valley.
The projects require 15 GW of power (7.5 gigawatts each), to be deployed in phases. Both are close to methane gas infrastructure, and both involve land purchases of up to 13,000 acres.
No one is willing to answer my questions or provide details on either project.
For projects of this scale and impact on local communities and the environment, you’d think some transparency and accountability would be part of the plan.
#ableg #cdnpoli #AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #utahpolitics #Emissions #water #Climate
https://www.theenergymix.com/second-wonder-valley-emerges-in-utah-as-alberta-project-stalls/
I received a reply from the Access to Information officer:
"I understand your concern, but a thorough search was conducted by 39 members of the Premier's Office for the scope of your request, and no records were located."
First, there are 39 members in the Premier's Office?
Second, seriously? I've provided evidence that two individuals were in communication with O'Leary Ventures and the MD of Greenview. Why were they not able to locate and provide the records?
Next steps should be a discussion with those two individuals. But no, the officer just let me know that I should request a review with OIPC if I'm not satisfied.
Done.
I've requested an extension to the appeal period while I await a response from the Access to Information official who said there were no documents.
This is based on the fact that I just obtained evidence yesterday of the existence of documents from another level of government (the MD of Greenview).
Just a reminder, the Alberta government refused to provide records to the Globe and Mail's Secret Canada project that analyzed and compared how provinces handled access to information requests.
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@JEmphatically/116004119679502827
Just to update you on this, I emailed the Access to Information officer who originally replied to say there were zero documents, late in the day on Feb. 2. I made my case as to why I believed she was wrong.
I've received no reply or even acknowledgement of my email as of yet.
I have however, thanks to help from people on Mastodon ( 
) and other journalists, seen email evidence that people in the premier's office were indeed communicating with O'Leary Ventures and the MD of Greenview about the Wonder Valley announcement.
So, yes, there are documents.
Good for Lindsay Amantea for calling out the absolute nonsense of claiming the word "conservative" can be exclusively owned by any single party.
The whole concept is anti-democratic.