Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) has captivated the world’s consciousness; proponents outline a world of technological progress, while critics anticipate job losses, and societal catastrophe. While these debates are global in scale, they are especially salient at the local level, where the discussion of AI also concerns the data centres that are used to provide the necessary computational power to advance this technology. This article discusses some considerations regarding the exercise of local governments’ land use, and development powers with respect to data centres.