Scare headline: “Data centers take our farmland.” Alberta feeds people and powers industry. Both can stay true.
Some proposals sit on agricultural land. That deserves a hard land-use debate. Many strong sites sit on industrial, brownfield, or already-corridor land — especially near the Heartland — where the alternative is not a family farm forever; it is competing industrial uses.
Abundance flip
Protect prime soil with honest zoning. Host compute where power, fibre, and industrial culture already exist. Food security and digital security are both provincial strengths.
- Prefer industrial / Heartland adjacency over random greenfield
- Publish acreage, soil class, and alternatives considered
- Pair projects with local supplier and training commitments
Related: Fort Saskatchewan & Heartland · vs housing.
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