Beacon AI Centers and VoltaGrid plan to introduce the idea to area residents at an open house on Nov. 5 at the Lorneville Community Centre and are already trying to assure people that they will try to mitigate potential impacts.
Some residents are concerned about environmental impacts on rural residential area
Mark Leger · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 30, 2025 4:37 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Beacon AI Centers and VoltaGrid propose building a data centre in an area of Spruce Lake Industrial Park that was rezoned in July. (Roger Cosman/CBC)
The City of Saint John has its first prospective business for the expanded area of the Spruce Lake Industrial Park, but some area residents are already concerned about the environmental impact of the project.
Calgary-based Beacon AI Centers and Texas-based VoltaGrid are proposing to build a data centre on a 120-hectare parcel of land in the industrial park.
Data centres host large computer systems that do things such as store massive amounts of data for businesses and governments, and operate websites and apps such as video streaming services and AI search engines.
Greg Norton, a councillor for the area, says it’s a welcome proposal so soon after the land was rezoned in July after weeks of heated debate and public meetings.
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