{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63997541ed122a001195e286/6931d5c3a63c6eaa59088d3c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Advocates, with Meg Rintoul and Kathryn Barnwell","description":"<p>In this episode I speak with friends-neighbours-advocates Meg Rintoul and Kathryn Barnwell about current plans in place to build an AI data center in Nanaimo, B-C. -- and allowing ourselves to write a new story about the future. Recorded Nov 27. Released Dec 8, 2025.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>'Very scary': Nanaimo neighbours have water worries about new data centre</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/nanaimo/comments/1oo24s3/very_scary_nanaimo_neighbours_have_water_worries/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.reddit.com/r/nanaimo/comments/1oo24s3/very_scary_nanaimo_neighbours_have_water_worries/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>'An Island concern': Nanaimo water advocates want new data centre stopped</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OQzc2bhtXw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OQzc2bhtXw</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>CBC: AI-related data centres use vast amounts of water. But gauging how much is a murky business</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data-centre-canada-water-use-9.6939684\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data-centre-canada-water-use-9.6939684</a></p>","author_name":"Mél Hogan"}