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The City of Miramichi has paused a proposed zoning bylaw amendment for data centres and battery energy storage facilities while staff gather more information and seek expert advice following public concerns.
Council directed staff to gather more information before moving forward
Oliver Pearson · CBC News
· Posted: Jul 24, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 27 minutes ago
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The City of Miramichi is considering what data centre development could look like. At a council meeting on July 21, council decided to put a pause on an amendment that would’ve set conditions for data centre development. (City of Miramichi)
The City of Miramichi has paused a proposed zoning bylaw amendment for data centres and battery energy storage facilities while staff gather more information and seek expert advice following public concerns.
Councillors discussed the issue on Tuesday and decided they wanted to know more about data centres before moving forward.
“I think there’s people that could give us advice on this and that we could take the time to make sure that if this ends up being something that this council agrees to, that we know that we have looked at it all,” said Coun.
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