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Nick Iwanyshyn/ The Canadian Press file photo People in opposition to AI data centres demonstrate in July outside Hamilton City Hall. The city’s industrial past should frame how it deals with data centres, Dan Shannon and Nick Tsergas say. Nick Iwanyshyn/ The Canadian Press file photo A person in opposition to AI data centres demonstrates outside Hamilton City Hall on July 15. We need a mayor and council that will stand up for residents when it comes to data centres, Dan Shannon and Nick Tsergas say. Nick Iwanyshyn/ The Canadian Press file photo People in opposition to AI data centres demonstrate in July outside Hamilton City Hall. The city’s industrial past should frame how it deals with data centres, Dan Shannon and Nick Tsergas say. Nick Iwanyshyn/ The Canadian Press file photo Home Opinion Contributors Contributors Opinion | Hamilton needs to dream bigger and demand better Opinion Based on the author’s interpretations and judgments of facts, data and events MORE DETAILS CLOSE As Hamilton introduces incentives for developers, the implications of AI data centres on local health and infrastructure need to come under scrutiny. Sept. 3, 2026 Sept. 3, 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 1 Make us a preferred source on Google A person in opposition to AI data centres demonstrates outside Hamilton City Hall on July 15. We need a mayor and council that will stand up for residents when it comes to data centres, Dan Shannon and Nick Tsergas say. Nick Iwanyshyn/ The Canadian Press 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  Dan Shannon and Nick Tsergas Dan Shannon is an artist and independent investigative journalist based in Hamilton who runs the website BlunderValley.ca . Nick Tsergas is a journalist and founder of Stop the Datacentre, a Canadian network supporting communities seeking enforceable rules for AI data-centre development. In most places on this planet, waterfront real estate results in bidding wars. In Hamilton, where the soil is toxic after a century of industrial neglect, things look a bit different. We’re still picking up the pieces. 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 We offer developers an ever-growing pile of incentives. We plead with them to help decontaminate the land. We even pay them to do it. Until one day, they slap a massive AI data centre on the table, and tell us to take it or leave it. Hamilton’s AI data centre projects seem poised to take advantage of enormous municipal grants and incentives that, much like our out-of-date zoning bylaws, weren’t written with these novel facilities in mind. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Powered By 00:00/02:48 10 Angine de Poitrine debut third member in Toronto Share Next Stay One such program, called ERASE , provides rebates of up to 100 per cent of the cost of remedying historic industrial contamination. The aim is to incentivize development that will decrease pollution, create a meaningful number of well-paid, long-term jobs, make efficient use of infrastructure and beautify the city. These are good goals, and AI data centres won’t help us achieve any of them. People in opposition to AI data centres demonstrate in July outside Hamilton City Hall. The city’s industrial past should frame how it deals with data centres, Dan Shannon and Nick Tsergas say. Nick Iwanyshyn/ The Canadian Press file photo Sure, a data centre developer can dig up the soil and dispose of it elsewhere. But what is the point of subsidizing all this work, when what they’re building will cause a whole new litany of harms? These projects create 24-7 noise, raise hydro bills, lower property values and put our water systems at risk. Their diesel generators pollute the air. Despite constant assurances AI data centres won’t cause instability to our energy grid, a July 2026 report from Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator says “urgent actions may be needed” to meet capacity requirements. As for job creation — don’t count on it. A $750-million, 90-megawatt project in Calgary will employ 38 people. In return for accepting all of these problems, communities are told the city will at least get a boost to municipal tax revenue once the site is redeveloped. ERASE is one of many tax incentives data centre projects can apply for, and it could give waterfront data centres a rebate on any supposed additional city revenue for up to 13 years. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW By that point these facilities will almost certainly be obsolete. Let’s recall why land must be decontaminated in the first place: it’s the legacy of a previous bargain this city made. We’re dealing with ongoing damage from a century of heavy industry, underregulated by federal and provincial governments, that has poisoned our air and water and lowered our life-expectancy for generations. In exchange Hamilton was rewarded, for a time, with well-paying and stable union jobs and our workers helped build the country. Should our city really have to foot the bill for the cleanup? Do we not deserve some gratitude from the upper levels of government for our collective sacrifice? Incidentally, one of the active AI data centre proposals is a federally funded project that, if greenlighted, looks likely to take full advantage of Hamilton’s tax-relief programs while inflicting as-yet unregulated impacts on residents and our environment. If this Sovereign Compute facility ends up looking like others in that category, then its $890-million budget will largely go toward purchasing computer hardware from U.S. companies. This is the latest example of the lower city being used as a sacrifice zone, while we and our children absorb an unregulated industry’s countless externalities to the supposed benefit of all Canadians. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW And if any person believes the province will voluntarily enact guardrails any time soon (if at all), theirs is a mind delightfully unmarred by doubt. “Local impacts” are literally a footnote in the province’s draft data centre playbook . These are the same governments that dragged their feet for a decade on funding an LRT and will surely drag for another before seeing it built to completion. Now they tell us they can’t wait for proper rules to govern AI data centres, a new class of facility which did not exist in Canada just a few years ago. We deserve better from the feds and the province. We also need a mayor and a council that demonstrates a little more pride in this city, and stands up for its residents. Our prime minister is being congratulated for walking away from the United States’ bad-faith trade negotiations. Where is that level of fight from our mayor and council? Theatric appearances in American media do make for good politics. But standing for the interests of residents, even when doing so is politically uncomfortable, makes for good governance. 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. Dan Shannon is an artist and independent investigative journalist based in Hamilton who runs the website BlunderValley.ca . Nick Tsergas is a journalist and founder of Stop the Datacentre, a Canadian network supporting communities seeking enforceable rules for AI data-centre development. 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