Mississauga city council votes unanimously in favour of 1-year pause on data centre development

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In Ontario, Mississauga has become the latest municipality to weigh in on AI data centres and the need for guardrails around their construction. After receiving pushback and concern from residents in the area, Mississauga city council has voted unanimously in favour of one-year data centre moratorium on Wednesday. The catalyst at the heart of this vote was a proposed 50-100 megawatt site located at Tenth Line West and Argentia Road — which is less than 300 metres away from a residential neighbourhood Lexy Benedict has more on their decision. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/12061145/mississauga-ont-council-set-to-vote-on-temporary-data-centre-moratorium/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on TikTok HERE: https://www.tiktok.com/@globalnews.ca?lang=en #GlobalNews

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