Category: Geopolitics
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Governance Analysis #1: How Are Competing Datacentre Proposals Evaluated When Grid Capacity Is Limited?
Ontario’s electricity grid has finite transmission and generation headroom. Datacentres are projected to drive up to 13% of new electricity demand by 2035. Any robust datacentre framework must account for a scarce electricity capacity and continue to figure out what happens when the promises don’t materialise? The draft Playbook establishes that datacentres will compete for… Read.
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AI Governance is an Illusion Without Climate Governance
At What Point Does AI Infrastructure Expansion Become a Climate Crisis? By 2030, AI data centers will consume 945 terawatt-hours annually, generating 220 million tons of CO₂. This is equivalent to Japan’s annual electricity requirement, and to the entire aviation industry’s carbon footprint. So why has AI infrastructure almost completely evaded climate governance. An oversight?… Read.
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Cyber Crises: AI Risks, Black Box Vulnerabilities & Global Readiness
The cyber crises is upon us. But Are we ready? Global cybersecurity remains fragile despite decades of warnings. In 2010, Richard Clarke’s Cyber War mapped cyberspace’s vulnerabilities and defences; by 2021, Eric Cole’s The Cyber Crisis declared everyone a target in an interconnected world. Exactly how industries and affluent populations have routinely dismissed such alarms, AI risks around biases,… Read.
