Brief: My Neighbourhood Data Center Conspiracy

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.0 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Matthew investigates the under-construction STACK data centre at 3650 Danforth Avenue in Scarborough, two miles from his home, tracing what he finds through concentric circles of capital, neglect, hype, and deception. When complete, the 56MW hyperscale facility will draw the power of 50K Ontario homes. But it was built without public consultation, environmental monitoring, or any info on who the tenants will be. Its financing and ownership details track back through a web of investment firms with connections to both the Ford (provincial) and Carney (federal) governments. Show Notes STACK Infrastructure — About National Observer — One data centre or one million homes? Mapping Ontario's proposed hyperscaler boom Dirty Data — Environmental Reporting Collective ASME — Data Centre Ambient Heat Study, May 2026 Environment Canada — Heat Warnings City of Toronto — R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant Ontario Environmental Registry — Bill 40 Toronto City Council — Motion MM39.47 Democracy Now! — Karen Hao Interview AI Resist List Data Center Watch Indigenous Insider — Kevin O'Leary and Wonder Valley Parksville Qualicum News — BC Greens oppose Nanaimo data centre AI is Capital - Jodi’s Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.0	Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back.
0:33.6	Mom!
0:35.7	Up the stairs for something.
0:39.8	Ugh, back down. No idea what I went up for.
0:41.9	Mom, what's for dinner?
0:45.2	Chop, sizzle, done.
0:47.7	Hello Fresh can't slow life down,
0:51.9	but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot easier.
0:54.1	So its phones down, forks up. Hello, Fresh. Bring back dinner time.
1:01.5	Hello, everyone. I'm Matthew Remski. This is Conspiruality, where we investigate the roots and
1:06.9	intersections of conspiracy theories and spiritual influence to uncover cults, pseudoscience,
1:12.3	and authoritarian extremism. You can follow myself, Derek and Julian, on Blue Sky. The podcast is on
1:18.2	Instagram and threads under its own handle. And you can support our Patreon. And you can also find me
1:24.4	personally on YouTube and TikTok at Anti-Fascist Dad, all one word.
1:30.6	This is a brief report on an under-construction 56 megawatt data center at 3650 Danforth Avenue in Scarborough.
1:40.6	This is about two miles from our home.
1:43.9	It has risen on the landscape and in my
1:46.1	consciousness in the same way, hidden, inexorable, controlled by a small network of powerful and
1:52.5	wealthy people, and under a cone of silence and locked in to how things are always already working.
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