Beacon: Saint John, New Brunswick

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Beacon: Saint John, New Brunswick

Year Planned: 2028
Utility Provider: NB Power
Lot Size: 220 acres

Site History

  • July 2025: Saint John council approved the Spruce Lake Industrial Park rezoning.
  • August 2025: the province approved the industrial park expansion's environmental assessment with conditions.
  • October 2025: the project was made public, and area residents applied for a judicial review of the rezoning.
  • April 2026: the proponents registered the data centre for a provincial environmental impact assessment.
  • August 2026: residents asked the federal government to designate the project for a federal impact assessment.
  • September 2026: the Court of King's Bench heard the judicial review.

Project Profile

  • Proponents: Beacon New Brunswick (Beacon AI Centers) and VoltaGrid
  • Land: about 89 ha in the Spruce Lake Industrial Park
  • Buildings: four single-storey data halls
  • Cooling: closed loop on city industrial water
  • Investment: up to $2 billion, with about 1,300 construction jobs and 210 permanent jobs

Utility

  • NB Power, through two new 345 kV lines to a new substation near Coleson Cove

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King William Rd, Spruce Lake Industrial Park
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8.32 miles PureColo Saint John
Carrier-neutral Tier 3 colocation facility in the former Bank of Canada building at 75 Prince William Street in uptown Saint John, home of the Saint John internet exchange.
8.46 miles Equinix St John SJ1
Tier III colocation data centre at 7 McIntosh Street in Saint John's Millidgeville neighbourhood, built by Bell Aliant in 2015 and owned by Equinix since 2020.

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Venture capital firm Nadia Partners has officially launched its new data center vehicle, Beacon AI Centers.

Beacon is a data center development company focused on developing projects to power hyper-scale digital infrastructure projects (cloud and AI compute centers) in Canada.

Beacon's infrastructure developments aim to put Canada at the forefront of the AI and computing revolutions.

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