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Two Ontario cities, two very different answers on data centres
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Councillors in Mississauga, Ont., voted 11-0 on Wednesday morning to enact a temporary ban on new data centre development in the city. But in nearby Vaughan, where a multibillion-dollar Microsoft expansion is underway, councillors rejected a similar proposal a day earlier.
- Councillors in Mississauga, Ont., voted 11-0 on Wednesday morning to enact a temporary ban on new data centre development in the city. But in nearby Vaughan, where a multibillion-dollar Microsoft expansion is underway, councillors rejected a similar proposal a day earlier.
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- Two Ontario cities, two very different answers on data centres
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- Left: Councillors in Mississauga, Ont., voted 11-0 on Wednesday morning to enact a temporary ban on new data centre development in the city. But in nearby Vaughan, where a multibillion-dollar Microsoft expansion is underway, councillors rejected a similar proposal a day earlier.
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- 10m agoThe National Observer (CA): Councillors in Mississauga, Ont., voted 11-0 on Wednesday morning to enact a temporary ban on new data centre development in the city. But i
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