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Seattle poised to ban new datacenters, the largest city yet in the US to consider such a moratorium
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2026
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From what I've heard, Vancouver is in a similar boat as Seattle and we're seeing proposals for two datacenters in the middle of the city.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-ai-data-centre-plan-vancouver-kamloops-9.7195426
I want more infrastructure in Canada, but the location choice is still weird. It might be a good thing if this law will incentivize companies to take that into account.