Elias Roy

The Poland shooting is disturbing because it shakes a feeling of safety and security. I hope the authorities reestablish order. Sending prayers to those with lost lives and thinking of their families.

Anti-Data Centre sentiment is rising. According to Grok (below), this is just anti-data centre sentiment from X but tied to real-world action. The opposition in Canada and the United States of America is from NIMBY (not in my backyard) all local and organized haphazardly. The interesting takeaway is that the opposition in Canada is from wealthier progressives and lower-income or rural conservatives in the USA. The sentiment is organic, but the amplification is foreign, by state media and affiliates of China and Russia. CAN: A coordinated national day of protest occurred in late June 2026 across roughly a dozen cities in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and New Brunswick. Primarily local residents and neighbourhood groups (transparency projects, “No Data Centres…” campaigns). Environmental and water-focused voices (Maude Barlow has amplified Ontario mapping of hyperscaler water demand; National Observer and climate-oriented outlets cover it heavily). Some Indigenous rights framing, especially Treaty land and consultation questions in the Prairies (SK “No Data Centres on Treaty Land”; mixed First Nations economic-development partnerships elsewhere). Left-leaning political actors (NDP, Greens) and local progressive organizers are more visible than a large conservative populist equivalent to the US Humans First group. US: Local residents across ~42–49 states form the core. Polls (Gallup, others) show ~70% opposition to data centers near homes; only ~14% support one in their community. Concerns are concrete: water use (especially arid Southwest/Utah projects), rising power bills, noise, land use, and lack of local benefit. Key wider groups: Friends of the Earth branches (Ireland, Scotland, UK, Europe), Greenpeace, Extinction Rebellion (NL, Bristol, Scotland), Global Action Plan, local resident campaigns.

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