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N.B. Power says it currently has 10 data centre projects that have applied to connect to its electrical system. The utility says the applications in its “connection queue” don’t mean the data centres will be “realized.”
Utility says applications don’t mean projects will be realized
Nipun Tiwari · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 16, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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N.B. Power said 10 data centre project have applied to connect to its electrical system, but that doesn’t mean the projects will necessarily be realized. (Shane Fowler/CBC)
N.B. Power says it currently has 10 data centre projects that have applied to connect to its electrical system.
The utility recently confirmed the number in an email to CBC News after facing questions from the legislature’s public accounts committee on Oct. 9.
Spokesperson Elizabeth Fraser-McAllister said these applications in N.B. Power’s “connection queue” would require about 900 megawatts of power.
But, Fraser-McAllister said, “this does not mean the data centres that applied to connect to our electrical system will be realized.”
The comments come after the public learned of two potential data centre projects proposed for the province in recent weeks.
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