Former Little Bow MLA Backs Controversial Data Centre // Clayton Bellamy

Real Talk Ryan Jespersen · Sep 2, 2026 · 1h 51m

Not everybody's seeing eye to eye in the southern Alberta community of Little Bow, just outside Vulcan. Some residents opposed to the project are taking their local government to court (see our August 6 episode), while others say it's an opportunity to create jobs, increase tax revenue, and repurpose less-than-ideal farmland. This is part of a bigger conversation about the future of Alberta's innovation economy, and the trade-offs that go with it. Former Wildrose MLA and farmer Ian Donovan tells us why he's backing the Little Bow AI Data Centre in our feature interview presented by…