{"id":83826,"date":"2026-08-04T09:45:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T12:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/?p=83826"},"modified":"2026-08-04T09:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T12:45:36","slug":"province-is-vague-on-data-centre-limits-after-calls-for-moratorium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/province-is-vague-on-data-centre-limits-after-calls-for-moratorium\/","title":{"rendered":"Province is vague on data centre limits after calls for moratorium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"998c79\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #998c79;\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1megan-1280x1280.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83828 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1megan-1280x1280.avif 1280w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1megan-600x600.avif 600w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1megan-300x300.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1megan-768x768.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1megan-1536x1536.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1megan-1320x1320.avif 1320w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1megan.avif 1791w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton says New Brunswick needs regulations governing the development of hyperscale data centres. | Photo: Clinton Davis \/ CHMA News<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The province says future AI data centre developments will be limited, but not now<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Megan Mitton says regulations should protect communities, the environment and energy prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New Brunswick government says it plans to limit the number of energy-intensive data centres developed in the province. It has not publicly said how many would be permitted or provided details about the limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement follows calls for a moratorium on current and future developments. Meanwhile, a proposed 390-megawatt data centre and gas-fired generating station near Lorneville remains under environmental review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>Hear the story below:<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AUG-4-2026-MITTON-DATA-CENTRES.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mitton\u2019s call for a moratorium<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton introduced a motion calling for the moratorium during the final sitting of the legislature in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mitton is the deputy leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick. CHMA News spoke with her recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI brought forward a motion in the legislature this spring that called for a moratorium on the development of data centres until proper laws and regulations could be put into place that wouldn&#8217;t harm communities, wouldn&#8217;t harm our environment, and wouldn&#8217;t have negative impacts on energy prices.\u201d Mitton said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The motion did not receive a vote before the legislature began its summer recess. Mitton asked for unanimous consent to extend the sitting but several Liberal members opposed the request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government has since said there will be limits on the number of data centres because of their electricity demands. It also says developments must not place additional pressure on the electricity grid or ratepayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the province has not publicly specified a maximum electricity demand, how many data centres would be permitted, or how the protection for ratepayers would work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government has described the planned limits as applying to future development. The Lorneville proposal remains under the province\u2019s existing environmental review process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mitton said electricity demand is only one concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;These plants, they require water for cooling, and there&#8217;s the question of how it impacts local residents. The noise from having that many basically building full of computers running, so that buzzing sound.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She also criticized the proposed use of natural gas at Lorneville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"454b4d\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #454b4d;\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aidatecente-1280x720.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83832 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aidatecente-1280x720.avif 1280w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aidatecente-600x338.avif 600w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aidatecente-768x432.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aidatecente-1536x864.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aidatecente-1320x743.avif 1320w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aidatecente.avif 1920w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>An illustration of the proposed Spruce Lake AI Hub in Lorneville. | Image: sjdatacentre.ca<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the Lorneville example, they want to power about half of it with a gas plant and half of it from NB Power,\u201d she said, \u201cwhich is a terrible idea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other projects being considered<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mitton said she is aware of other possible developments in New Brunswick. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am concerned because I know there are other data centres being considered in other places up in Bathurst area,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I know that the municipality of Miramichi is looking at allowing data centres.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mitton said she is not opposed to every use of artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt doesn&#8217;t mean there&#8217;s no place for AI anywhere. There are some specific cases that can make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But she said the expansion of generative AI carries environmental and human costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHaving generative AI being trained on all of our data, using all of this energy and water, is a ridiculous plan,\u201d Mitton said. \u201cThere are so many factors to this, from the exploitation of workers in other countries who have trained these machines. They&#8217;re not intelligent on their own. They&#8217;ve been trained by people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 2023 investigation by <em>Time<\/em> reported that OpenAI used workers employed by an outsourcing company in Kenya to label disturbing material used to make ChatGPT safer. The workers took home less than $2 US per hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The interview also turned to calls for fossil-fuel generation to be replaced with renewable electricity and battery storage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe cost of batteries has plummeted. It&#8217;s gone down so much,\u201d Mitton said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Costs that do not appear on a spreadsheet<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But some batteries require minerals associated with environmental damage and abusive working conditions. Reports of child labour in cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have raised questions about the supply chain behind battery technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mitton was asked whether Canada or New Brunswick guarantees that batteries used in mass energy storage projects are free of unethically sourced cobalt. She said she was not certain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canada\u2019s Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act requires certain companies and government institutions to report the steps they have taken to prevent and reduce those risks. The reporting requirement does not itself certify that an individual battery contains only ethically-sourced materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mitton said governments should support recycling and stronger standards instead of treating increased mineral extraction as the only solution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are ethical pathways for these things,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd again, yes, recycling, reusing, having higher standards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mitton connected the cobalt discussion to the broader effects of AI, mining and energy production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think when we look at any of these things, from AI to mining to energy production, we need to have stronger democracies and stronger systems that actually hear the voices of the people on the ground, of the people who are impacted, and not just the people at the top, the people who stand to profit,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mitton said some costs are left out when governments and companies calculate whether developments are economically worthwhile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere&#8217;s externalities that are not being accounted for,\u201d she said. \u201cThat might be the cost of the pollution, the cost of the use of water, the negative impact on the workers. We&#8217;re not seeing that in the price.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But those costs still exist, Mitton said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt&#8217;s just that other people are paying them, and maybe they&#8217;re paying them with their health,\u201d she said. \u201cThere&#8217;s those things that might not show up on the spreadsheet but is still part of reality, and so we need to be accounting for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mitton said the discussion requires nuance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere will be some uses that make sense for gas, or for use of plastics and things like that,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we should be smart about how we&#8217;re gonna use that carbon budget that we have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said the barrier is political rather than technological. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have all the technology we need, we&#8217;re just missing the political will.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/clinton_reports\"><img data-dominant-color=\"84746a\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #84746a;\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-1.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83804 size-full not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-1.avif 810w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-1-600x600.avif 600w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-1-300x300.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-1-768x768.avif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About the reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sub><strong>Clinton Davis<\/strong> is a PT journalist\/producer with CHMA News covering Tantramar (including Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin, Midgic and surrounding communities). 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