{
  "id": 701034,
  "title": "Oakville becomes first Ontario municipality to enact 1-year moratorium on data centres",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/oakville-becomes-first-ontario-municipality-to-enact-1-year",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T19:58:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC Canada",
    "slug": "cbc-canada",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/oakville-data-centre-moratorium-9.7305034"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Oakville has enacted a one-year moratorium on new data centres, becoming the first Ontario municipality to take the step as local lawmakers grapple with the concerns surrounding the new wave of facilities powering artificial intelligence.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}