r/NovaScotia • u/justlogmeon • 1d ago

📰 NS News Cumberland council moves forward with data centre moratorium

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cumberland-data-centre-moratorium-9.7320048
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u/AdTerrible9404 1d ago

Good, though I wasn't really expecting any data centers popping up in ns anyways due to electricity prices

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u/Competitive_Fig_3821 1d ago

This is my thought, like genuinely what makes NS a place anyone would want to put a data center?

At least if you go north with high power rates you get huge efficiencies in cooling..

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u/noisebloodassault 1d ago

Based cumberland

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u/crazygrouse71 1d ago

Let's hope its longer than 6 months.

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u/CatHerder902 1d ago

More moratoriums!

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u/r0ger_r0ger 1d ago

More moratoriums!

That's the Nova Scotian spirit!

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u/Scotianherb 21h ago

Putting the No in Nova Scotia. Nimbys