CBC News Updates Article About ‘Wonder Valley’ Data Centre Complex

Two days ago, Eagle Andersen reported for CBC News that the Wonder Valley data centre complex — previously — would “release the equivalent of 23 atom bombs of heat waste” every day. This figure is quoted in the headline, and repeated in the first two paragraphs: An analysis of the mammoth data centre proposed by celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary suggests it would release the equivalent of 23 atom bombs of heat waste into the boreal forest of northwestern Alberta every day. If the Wonder Valley project goes ahead, “‘about 23 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs worth of energy every single day will get dumped into that landscape,” said Utah State University physicist Robert Davies. If you are steeped in the world of data centre media coverage, you might recognize this comparison. Dan Robinson, writing for the Register in May: A proposed mega-scale datacenter in the US state of Utah has caused controversy after a physics professor estimated that the facility and its associated power generation…

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