- Oakville enacted a moratorium on new data centers, while Mississauga is set to vote on a data centre freeze.
- The Greater Toronto Area is dealing with multiple data center developments, including a moratorium implementation, a data centre freeze vote, and pursuits in Mississauga.
- AI data centres are rising in the Greater Toronto Area.
Indigenous Community Uses Data Center to Preserve Heritage and Assert Digital Sovereignty
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- Developments
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- Repetition
- 86%
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What happened
A Canadian Indigenous community in Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory installed a small data center to modernize its recordkeeping. The center stores digital files, including video recordings of Anishinaabe speaking their native language, corporate documents, health data, and security camera footage.
From theglobeandmail.com
Why it matters
The community is using the data center to assert ownership, access, and control over its information, a concept called digital sovereignty. This action is framed as a response to historical exclusion from information collection and concerns regarding the influence of American Big Tech.
From theglobeandmail.com
Who's involved
Possible ripples
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The entities involved
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Toronto
capital and largest city of the province of Ontario, Canada
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Microsoft
American multinational technology corporation
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