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A relatively small amount of water would be needed to cool a proposed data centre, but a natural gas plant on the site would become one of the top emitters of greenhouse gases in New Brunswick, documents show.
EIA filings show substantial greenhouse gas emissions and energy need
Mark Leger · CBC News
· Posted: Apr 21, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 25 minutes ago
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The Lorneville neighbourhood in west Saint John is close to the proposed site for a data centre accompanied by a natural gas plant. (Roger Cosman/CBC News)
The water needed for a proposed data centre in west Saint John wouldn’t be a significant drain on the city’s Spruce Lake industrial supply, according to the registration document filed as part of the environmental impact assessment process.
But the centre, which would have a natural-gas power-generation plant for some of its needs, would require a significant amount of power at 390 megawatts.
it would also produce enough greenhouse gases to make it one of the top emitters in the province, according to the environmental impact assessment, or EIA, documents registered last week.
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