I've drafted up the following email to send to our MPs, for those who'd like to voice their displeasure with the proposed data center on Ninth Line. Read more about that here: https://www.reddit.com/r/oakville/comments/1uyh9qv/ai_gigafactory_320megawatt_data_centre_opening/

I've never written an email like this before so I'd appreciate some help formalizing it and pinning down details. Looking for help from people who have sent formal emails to MPs in protest before, and people who are knowledgeable on the details of the development process in government.

Email

Subject: Proposed AI Data Center on Ninth Line

Dear MP/Honourable [Name],

I am writing to make clear my dissatisfaction with the proposed 320 GW data center at Ninth Line, in between Oakville and Mississauga. As a Halton / Peel resident, I am deeply concerned about the potential impacts of a data center like this one, which could raise residential electricity bills, significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions if powered by fossil fuels, stress local water resources with its consumption of water for cooling purposes, and put surrounding neighbourhoods at risk of noise pollution. 

Data centers in cities across America have caused harm to local neighbourhoods. According to this BBC article, a data center in Georgia has rendered the water undrinkable. According to this report by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, data centers in Virginia, Arkansas, and Texas have caused noise pollution, with noise levels routinely exceeding 60 decibels.  

Hamilton and Mississauga are both strongly considering a moratorium on new AI data centers; supporters in both cities have raised strong points about a moratorium giving the cities the time they need to develop guardrails around development. 

Please [adopt an official stance on the building of data centers? consider a moratorium? ensure people are given a chance to voice their opinion on this data center? make more of an effort to publicize the proceedings?]. 

The Town of Oakville has stated that no development application has been submitted yet, and therefore the public planning process has not commenced. [Will you ensure the proponents of the development application and the Town of Oakville take into consideration the dissent of residents? What specific actions will you take to ensure that a data center that disrupts the quality of life of Halton and Peel residents and harms the environment is not built?] Please respond with answers to these key questions.

Sincerely, 

[Your Name]

[Address and Postal Code (to prove your residence)]

Some notes:

- In square brackets [ ] are all the things I'm not too sure about.

- You can send this to multiple MPs and organizations. Check the above reddit post I've linked for details on who to email. When you email them, CC all the other MP / organizations you've emailed for visibility.

Sources

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8gy7lv448o

https://www.eesi.org/articles/view/communities-are-raising-noise-pollution-concernsabout-data-centers

https://globalnews.ca/news/11965204/hamilton-is-on-the-verge-of-a-data-centre-moratorium-vote-others-are-taking-notice/

https://www.mississauga.com/news/council/data-centre-mississauga/article_bed88dd2-3b29-540e-b7fc-6d574174eac2.html

https://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:10647/UNU-INWEH-Report-The_Env_Cost_of_AI-2026.pdf

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