Nick Tsergas

Nick Tsergas

@nicktsergas.ca

‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ㅤ CTO of the resistance ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ㅤ nicktsergas.ca ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ㅤ

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Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

pretty sick

Joey Coleman@joeycoleman.ca

Steelport Land Severance Ontario Land Tribunal Vice-Chair Tee Fung Ng has granted Party Status to Bea Bhardwaj, Nick Tsergas, Dan Shannon, who have incorporated the Canadian Civic Infrastructure Alliance. #yhmcc This means the Steelport land severance will be a contested hearing ccia-aicc.org

ccia-aicc.orgCanadian Civic Infrastructure AllianceWorking with residents, public officials and policy experts to strengthen public capacity around major digital and energy infrastructure decisions.
Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

Before becoming captivated by a certain tech-governance issue I wrote stuff. This piece is making the rounds again and it's worth resurfacing now. 1/3

PacoOnPause@pacoonpause.bsky.social

Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2: www.bmj.com/content/390/...

bmj.comWhy scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports Myco...
Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

Kids have been in school for a month, mine home sick all week. It's the latest round of covid, for which neither they nor me have an updated vaccination for. Nor does my wife, who works in a hospital. Not high-risk enough apparently. So now we must once again raw-dog the novel pathogen. 2/3

Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

It's unacceptable that six years in we are still doing this. Evidence strongly supports a summer rollout, not a vaccine campaign after everyone has already been infected. We do not approach other viruses this way and there are very good reasons why. 3/3

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Mark Ungrin
@mark-ungrin.bsky.social

One more reason not to want a giant data center next door to your house (and while so far this is limited to a war zone, wait until competing AIs start drone-sniping each other to gain a few milliseconds of advantage during a bot-war).

Jay @ the deep dive@thedeepdive.bsky.social

Ukraine struck Russia's Yandex data center in Sasovo, Ryazan—destroying it completely—in a retaliatory move after Russia targeted Ukrainian data centers weeks prior.

Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

Praying away the climate-collapse

Walker Bragman@walkerbragman.bsky.social

NEW: October 17 marks a global event called “Origin,” focused on Earth regeneration. Rather than a movement to directly influence climate policy or polluting companies, Origin promises change through synchronized prayer and body movement. Behind it? A fossil fuel heiress and an anti-vaccine doctor

importantcontext.newsExxon Heiress Aims to Regenerate the Earth With SpiritualityThe great-granddaughter of one of America’s wealthiest oilmen has teamed up with an anti-vax doctor.
Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

Last week Sask. Premier Scott Moe announced the contentious 300MW AI datacentre going up outside of Regina is actually going to be 1,200MW. In #HamOnt, newly-obtained documents show Slate Asset Management has been planning for 800MW of datacentre capacity "at full scale."

patatas@its.small.patatas.ca

Hamilton's Mayor and several councillors deny that Slate Asset Management wants to build hyperscale datacentres. Meanwhile, documents show Slate briefed the feds on their 800MW plans. My latest: blundervalley.ca/blog/slate-8... #HamOnt @mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social

blundervalley.caDocuments: Slate met with feds to discuss 800MW hyperscale plans in November 2025Presentation by the asset manager pitched Hamilton as an 'AI Growth Zone'
Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

This is what we've warned municipal councils about across the country. A developer can say they're building one thing, but legislatively there is nothing to stop them from building a very different thing. That's the whole banana. Thank you once again @its.small.patatas.ca for reporting this.

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Bean & Sprout's Mom
@beansproutsmom.bsky.social

@nicktsergas.ca

Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret)@portlandken.bsky.social

The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.

opb.orgOregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new reportA first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.

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Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

Ontario is still writing its rules for datacentres. But Ford's pitchdeck for foreign investors explicitly markets Hamilton’s waterfront for deregulated AI datacentre development, including "sovereign" AI opportunities." Sovereign AI. Built for foreign investors. With no rules. #HamOnt

Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

Ontario is still writing its rules for datacentres. But Ford's pitchdeck for foreign investors explicitly markets Hamilton’s waterfront for deregulated AI datacentre development, including "sovereign" AI opportunities." Sovereign AI. Built for foreign investors. With no rules. #HamOnt

Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

Ontario is still writing its rules for datacentres. But Ford's pitchdeck for foreign investors explicitly markets Hamilton’s waterfront for deregulated AI datacentre development, including "sovereign" AI opportunities." Sovereign AI. Built for foreign investors. With no rules. #HamOnt

Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

Ontario is still writing its rules for datacentres. But Ford's pitchdeck for foreign investors explicitly markets Hamilton’s waterfront for deregulated AI datacentre development, including "sovereign" AI opportunities." Sovereign AI. Built for foreign investors. With no rules. #HamOnt

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MJ Nabuurs
@mjnabuurs.bsky.social

Speaking of #DigitalSovereignty, have a listen to our chat w @nicktsergas.ca about the #AIDatacentre lovefest going on. MUCH to be said about them and so much more to do before allowing any more to be built: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/n... open.spotify.com/episode/2TiE... stopthedatacentre.ca

podcasts.apple.comEp#10: Front and Data(Centre), with Nick TsergasPodcast Episode · No Ostriching Here. · September 7 · 1h 30m
Caroline@northernck.bsky.social

Hopefully by now, PM Carney realizes by placing our digital policies & regs on the negotiating table, he sacrificed our sovereignty & culture. Locking Canada into a “permanent state of subordination”. And that it will never be placed back on the table. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

theglobeandmail.comOpinion: Even if it restores news on social media, a deal with the U.S. cannot cost Canada its digital sovereigntyAs a student journalist, I saw the consequences of the Online News Act firsthand. But the accessibility isn’t worth being trapped under the thumb of Big Tech
Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

No AI datacentre proposed in your town? Good. That's the best time to get organized. Before it lands. Whatever you’d do if one shows up tomorrow, do that now. stopthedatacentre.ca Thank you Charlie Angus/@meidascanada.ca for the conversation

Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

Another government agrees that rules are needed for AI datacentres — a new type of facility which did not exist in Canada five years ago.. And that government releases a set of voluntary principals signed off on by Big Tech.

betakit.comOpenAI, Anthropic sign on to Canada’s new data centre framework as public opinion sours on buildout | BetaKitBig players agree not to shift electricity costs to consumers and minimize water use when building their data centres.
patatas@its.small.patatas.ca

one of my favourite pieces of Canadian tech regulation trivia is that Palantir signed the feds' non-binding "commitment to support the Government of Canada's effort in leading the way on ethical AI" Lockheed-Martin is listed as "not yet" a signatory. For shame! www.canada.ca/en/governmen...

canada.caList of interested Artificial Intelligence (AI) suppliers - Canada.ca

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Blayne Haggart
@bhaggart.bsky.social

Replying to @bhaggart.bsky.social

In reality, Canada still faces the Sidewalk Labs problem, since US tech is embedded in all parts of government and society, from Microsoft office products to governments’ continued insistence on using X to make announcements. Unlike Europe, they”re doing nothing to change this. From Jan:

theconversation.comMicrosoft’s AI deal promises Canada digital sovereignty, but is that a pledge it can keep?As the U.S. government becomes increasingly authoritarian and issues threats to other countries, can Canadians trust U.S. tech companies with their data?
Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

All this Ring of Fire stuff is not new.

Nick Tsergas@nicktsergas.ca

This seems 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩 if you're watching Big Tech's takeover of the US gov't 🚨 A snippet from Doug Ford's "strategic alliance" with the Trump administration: "Pursue enhanced collaboration between Canadian cyber security infrastructure and US counterparts." 1/2 🔗 www.ontario.ca/files/2025-0...

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Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

According to a Senate of Canada brief, for every gallon of water used to cool US datacentres, 12.4 gallons were used to cool those datacentres’ power plants. Closed-loop can sleight-of-hand water usage away from the datacentres to the power plants. @its.small.patatas.ca @cdnaffairs.bsky.social

canadianaffairs.newsOp-Ed: AI data centres face waves of municipal resistance — for good reasonResponsible municipalities are taking the time to develop guardrails before saying 'yes' to AI data centres
Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

According to a Senate of Canada brief, for every gallon of water used to cool US datacentres, 12.4 gallons were used to cool those datacentres’ power plants. Closed-loop can sleight-of-hand water usage away from the datacentres to the power plants. @its.small.patatas.ca @cdnaffairs.bsky.social

canadianaffairs.newsOp-Ed: AI data centres face waves of municipal resistance — for good reasonResponsible municipalities are taking the time to develop guardrails before saying 'yes' to AI data centres

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Walker Bragman
@walkerbragman.bsky.social

Replying to @walkerbragman.bsky.social

This whole thing scares the shit out of me—and the media coverage I’ve seen appears to neglect these basic facts. WaPo straight up ran with the headline, “Former Fauci aide admits hiding emails to thwart pandemic inquiry.” That’s…not what happened? It’s unreal.

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WA Whistles
@wawhistles.bsky.social

July was ICE’s busiest month yet in the Puget Sound region. It’s a stealthy surge, without the helicopters or smoke grenades of Chicago and MN. But the surge is real, with real people taken every day. Each red pin is someone’s family member, neighbor, coworker, loved one.

Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

This map tracks the proposals we actually care about and has a Community Reporting mechanism modeled after Erin Brockovich's map of US projects. Includes Treaty boundaries. Happy mappin'

Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

The datacentre debate is spreading across Canada. Are you a city councillor wondering what you can do to protect your community. Or maybe a very cool person who wants to stop one or more datacentres?

Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

This is absolutely going to have an effect on AI search results and bot-summaries. Looking closely at how the page is constructed, that seems to be the point.

Nick Tsergas@nicktsergas.ca

MAHA-aligned research is entering the training data of AI models that millions of people (and increasingly governments) rely on.

canadahealthwatch.caTomorrow’s AI models are learning from today’s polluted researchThe research ecosystems AI models train on are changing in ways policymakers aren't yet attuned to.
Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca

The datacentre debate is spreading across Canada. Are you a city councillor wondering what you can do to protect your community. Or maybe a very cool person who wants to stop one or more datacentres?