Heat adds to strains on areas with data centres, raising the temperature on AI debates
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July 3, 2026
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Eileen Castle’s swimming pool, one of the only ones for blocks around, was once a refuge for neighbourhood children on hot summer days.
But even as temperatures soared this week, Castle, 82, said she won’t be filling the pool — not with the data centre behind her house buzzing with the sound of its industrial air conditioners and its backup diesel generators belching fumes at unexpected times.
“I think about the air quality, the water, what effects it has on the kids in the area,” she said on her front stoop as children whirred past on bicycles.
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