Protesters hold signs expressing their concerns about the Tantramar gas plant and Lorneville data centre. (Isabella Pacheco/The AQ) On Oct. 19, protesters gathered outside the New Brunswick Legislature in Fredericton to voice concerns about future industrial development across the province either supported or being mulled over by Susan Holt’s Liberal government. From gas plants and data centers to mining and fracking, people raised their voices in opposition regarding thes

Protestors in front of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. (Photo credit: Brunswick News) A second proposed AI data centre in Saint John has Lorneville residents, already fighting one project in their community, asking who will pay for the province’s AI ambitions. Documents Save Lorneville obtained from the province through a right-to-information request show that Cross River Infrastructure Partners, a U.S. company, pitched a data centre campus at the Saint John Indust