[MacLac]

But wait a minute, according to the leasing agent, "......YYC has one of the most sophisticated commercial leasing communities." WTF is that supposed to mean? Can't be that sophisticated with THE North American HIGHEST vacancy rate. Like @David A says, all energy companies are cutting back.....who on earth is gonna lease 800,000 sq/ft of suburban office space?

 

[Glenco]

But wait a minute, according to the leasing agent, "......YYC has one of the most sophisticated commercial leasing communities." WTF is that supposed to mean? Can't be that sophisticated with THE North American HIGHEST vacancy rate. Like @David A says, all energy companies are cutting back.....who on earth is gonna lease 800,000 sq/ft of suburban office space?

A pickle ball court?

 

[johnnyboy]

Pickleball courts are about to become the new '90s call centres.

 

[MacLac]

Not sure if this is Good OR Bad or both? I’ve heard of “Go Auto” group but this isn’t them. Didn’t know YEG was HQ for a second massive auto sales group?

https://www.reuters.com/en/australias-eagers-buy-stake-canadaone-6875-million-push-into-canada-2025-09-30/

 

[scyeg]

Not sure if this is Good OR Bad or both? I’ve heard of “Go Auto” group but this isn’t them. Didn’t know YEG was HQ for a second massive auto sales group?

https://www.reuters.com/en/australias-eagers-buy-stake-canadaone-6875-million-push-into-canada-2025-09-30/

"The deal, involving entities associated with CanadaOne founder Pat Priestner"

The Priestner's are Go Auto, so I think this is them.

 

[David A]

I assume this is another (private?) company they are involved with, in addition to their involvement in Go Auto which is part of a publicly traded company.

 

[policyenthusiast]

Brookfield (and Birch Hill) got clearance from the Commissioner of Competition to buy a majority stake in First National Bank.

 

[Greenspace]

Meta reportedly looking to building a massive data centre in the Heartland NE of Edmonton in collaboration with Pembina Pipeline and Kineticor

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/meta-pembina-kineticor-to-collaborate-for-data-center-near-edmonton-canada-report/

 

[policyenthusiast]

Meta reportedly looking to building a massive data centre in the Heartland NE of Edmonton in collaboration with Pembina Pipeline and Kineticor

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/meta-pembina-kineticor-to-collaborate-for-data-center-near-edmonton-canada-report/

We aren't expecting an expansion to grid load capacity until 2028 at the earliest. Meanwhile Edmonton expected rolling blackouts in almost -50 degree weather a couple winters ago.

Here's hoping the nuclear pivot comes sooner, rather than later.

 

[MacLac]

Meta reportedly looking to building a massive data centre in the Heartland NE of Edmonton in collaboration with Pembina Pipeline and Kineticor

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/meta-pembina-kineticor-to-collaborate-for-data-center-near-edmonton-canada-report/

Bizarre concept to me......but seems to be the wagon everyone is jumping on these days.....

 

[constance_chlore]

Bizarre concept to me......but seems to be the wagon everyone is jumping on these days.....

It is, and there's a good chance the data center boom fizzles out before this one's even finished. I don't see any reason to encourage data center construction locally—it brings a temporary influx of jobs and some tax revenue, but it really doesn't do much for the community long-term. Meta is also (in my opinion) uniquely evil among the major AI players; they're going all-in on AI boyfriends/girlfriends and slop videos and all that.

 

[MacLac]

 

[MacLac]

It is, and there's a good chance the data center boom fizzles out before this one's even finished. I don't see any reason to encourage data center construction locally—it brings a temporary influx of jobs and some tax revenue, but it really doesn't do much for the community long-term. Meta is also (in my opinion) uniquely evil among the major AI players; they're going all-in on AI boyfriends/girlfriends and slop videos and all that.

Speaking of which….here is another proposal

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/120-acre-data-center-to-be-built-between-calgary-and-edmonton-canada/

 

[Gronk!]

Meta is also (in my opinion) uniquely evil among the major AI players; they're going all-in on AI boyfriends/girlfriends and slop videos and all that.

Elon Musk is more evil than Mark Zuckerberg.

 

[archited]

^ By a factor of 10 I would say. Zuckerberg seems to be dumb lucky; Musk is programmatically evil. But Bezos is up there too. It is time to tax these guys into oblivion.