Documents obtained by a group of residents reveal a another company may be interested in building a large-scale data centre in Saint John. A potential site would be the Spruce Lake Industrial Park near the rural community of Lorneville. Residents are concerned about combined impacts of two data centres.
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Nipun Tiwari · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 05, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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The Spruce Lake Industrial Park expansion will make hundreds of hectares in the area “pad ready” for industrial development to attract large businesses operations to the city. A data centre proposed for the park is currently undergoing an environmental impact assessment. (Roger Cosman/CBC)
The Government of New Brunswick is in talks to potentially bring a second large-scale data centre to Saint John, sparking concern from Lorneville residents already opposed to a project slated for a nearby industrial park.
Chris Watson, who lives in the west-side rural community of Lorneville, said residents are concerned about environmental and broader community impacts — like noise — of another data centre project.
The prospect of a second,
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