Early government support for O’Leary ‘fantasy project’ demonstrates flawed approach to Indigenous consultation – NDP – Fitzhugh

O’Leary Ventures and project partners have signed a letter of intent to purchase and develop “thousands of acres of land” within and beyond an industrial park in the Municipal District of Greenview, about 350 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.

An early glitch in Alberta’s plan to reach the global stage in the artificial intelligence industry has the NDP again deriding the government’s approach to Indigenous consultation.

Celebrity entrepreneur Kevin O’Leary is touting a $70-billion development near Grande Prairie as a home for future AI data centres that would include infrastructure for off-grid natural gas and geothermal power.

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