“Hamilton’s City Council voted on Wednesday in support of a one-year pause on all AI data-centre development in the city. From outside, this looks like the latest manifestation of AI-backlash. It’s much bigger than that.

Hamilton is the first to confront a question all Canadian municipalities will soon face: What are the rules of the road for building AI data centres responsibly? And are such rules, to the extent they exist, appropriate for this new type of infrastructure?”

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