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Proposed data centre would release ‘23 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs worth of energy’ a day, physicist says
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. CBC Canada is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 1 Nov 2026, 15:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Proposed data centre would release ‘23 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs worth of energy’ a day, physicist says”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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An analysis of the mammoth Wonder Valley data centre suggests it would release the equivalent of 23 atom bombs of heat waste into the boreal forest of northwestern Alberta every day. A Utah State University physicist who conducted the review for the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation said the project demands…
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