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New Brunswick data centre debate highlights cross-country tension over AI facilities
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New Brunswick has received 10 data-centre applications that could require up to 900 megawatts of electricity, but NB Power says the proposals are confidential and may not all be approved. The debate has sharpened after a community advocate in Saint John found a previously undisclosed proposal for a 50-megawatt campus; residents have also opposed other projects, including a proposed $2-billion AI hub. An Angus Reid Institute poll found 64 per cent of Canadians want their provincial governments to limit large data centres.