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If its proposal is as strong as is purported, then it should have nothing to fear from clear, enforceable standards, Andrea West, Dan Shannon and Nick Tsergas write. Hamilton Spectator file photo Home Opinion Contributors Contributors Opinion | Hamilton is open for business. What it’s not open for is irreversible decisions Opinion Based on the author’s interpretations and judgments of facts, data and events MORE DETAILS CLOSE The city has a rare chance to become one of the first municipalities in Canada to decide what responsible AI infrastructure actually looks like. June 23, 2026 June 23, 2026 Updated at 6:00 a.m. 2 min read Save New subscriber benefit! Copied to clipboard A gifted article has been claimed. Out of gifts for the month Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Share this article paywall-free Email Copy Link Copy article link Email Share on X Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Whatsapp Share on BlueSky Share on Threads 3 Make us a preferred source on Google s2e Technologies has been in talks to bring a sustainable AI data centre to the former Hamilton Spectator building. If its proposal is as strong as is purported, then it should have nothing to fear from clear, enforceable standards, Andrea West, Dan Shannon and Nick Tsergas write. Hamilton Spectator file photo flag wire: false flag sponsored: false article_type: Opinion pubinfo.section: publications/hamilton_spectator cms.site.custom.site_domain : thespec.com sWebsitePrimaryPublication : publications/hamilton_spectator bHasMigratedAvatar : false firstAuthor.avatar : By  Andrea West, Dan Shannon, and Nick Tsergas Andrea West is a science educator and long-time Hamilton resident. Dan Shannon is an artist and independent investigative journalist. Nick Tsergas is a registered nurse and freelance journalist reporting on health and business. A few months ago, one of our co-authors bought her first home. She soon learned about a proposed data centre less than a kilometre away. Not through the city, but through a viral Instagram video. As for the rest of us, we found out via a blog post. YOU’VE BEEN SELECTED. LOONIE SALE​ ONLY $1 FOR 6 MONTHS​ Cancel online anytime​ GET THIS OFFER Cancel anytime Secure transaction. Have an account? Log In This experience shouldn’t be normal. Major infrastructure projects deserve major public engagement. The city’s planning committee unanimously approved a temporary one-year pause on data centre developments. This is expected to pass a full council vote on Wednesday — without the addition of any loophole-amendments. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Powered By 00:00/02:48 10 Angine de Poitrine debut third member in Toronto Share Next Stay But city councillors aren’t supporting a data centre moratorium because they oppose artificial intelligence. Municipalities have no substantive regulatory framework to govern a newer type of data centre designed to run and train frontier AI models. Fortunately for all of us, the committee got that memo, loud and clear, from the thousands of residents who’ve taken time out of their lives to engage on the issue and to help inform their local representatives. The planning committee voted unanimously because good governance and due diligence require rules to be in place before irreversible infrastructure decisions are made. Currently, there are three major data centre proposals before the city. Their most ardent proponents suggest responsible companies don’t need additional regulation. We disagree. Take s2e Technologies. CEO Milfred Hammerbacher has described a vision for a “flagship” Hamilton data centre that’s ultra resource-efficient and environmentally sustainable. We hope these commitments are genuine, and we hope other developers copy them. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW But hope is not good public policy. If s2e’s proposal is as strong as is purported, then it should have nothing to fear from clear, enforceable standards. In fact, it should welcome regulations as an opportunity, not view them as an obstacle. Where binding standards exist, well-run, well-intentioned vendors are rewarded with an enduring market advantage against competitors who would gladly cut corners. Such companies can help create these standards, so that communities aren’t left to “hope others copy” good practices, as Hammerbacher said this week. We don’t approve the construction of a new bridge based on promises from the bridge-builder that it won’t collapse. We establish standards and we enforce them. Why should data centres be any different? If a data centre proposal says a facility will not raise electric bills for Hamiltonians, but that turns out to be untrue. Who has to answer for that? Who pays? If a proposal says a facility will be publicly-owned, but it is later privatized, what happens? ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW If a data centre is to be “non-hyperscale,” but then grows to a massive size, or consumes more resources than was described at the pitch-stage, what happens? The province has already signalled, through Bill 40, that where electricity is scarce, economic development — and specifically AI data centres — will outcompete other priorities, such as keeping costs down for residents and small businesses. If there was ever a case for municipalities to better understand the consequences before approving massive new electricity demand, the province’s eagerness to get in on the AI gold rush only strengthens it. One of our co-authors wrote to Premier Doug Ford expressing concerns about the Steelport proposal. The response was unequivocal: “The issue you raised falls under the purview of your local government.” If that’s true, city hall needs the ability to establish clear rules before approving irreversible projects. But if Queen’s Park ultimately decides to override municipal decision-making, it can make that choice — and answer for it politically. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Hamilton City Council was elected to exercise its own judgment, not to comply in advance with decisions that have not yet been made. Hamilton now has a rare chance to become one of the first municipalities in Canada to decide what responsible AI infrastructure actually looks like. A one-year pause to write rules is not a rejection of innovation. It is how a city decides what kind of innovation it wants to live beside for the next 50 years. If we succeed in passing a moratorium without loopholes, and in developing a local framework, residents will have greater confidence, responsible developers will enjoy a competitive advantage, and other municipalities will follow in our footsteps. Every major industrial player throughout history has said, “Don’t worry. Trust us.” Responsible governments, the ones we look back upon kindly, never listened. They wrote rules instead. Get The Spec app Your city. Your stories. Scan with your phone's camera or click here to download the app today and be the first to know about the latest local news. Andrea West is a science educator and long-time Hamilton resident. Dan Shannon is an artist and independent investigative journalist. Nick Tsergas is a registered nurse and freelance journalist reporting on health and business. Opinion articles are based on the author’s interpretations and judgments of facts, data and events. 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