New Brunswick protesters and MLA call for moratorium on proposed Lorneville AI data centre
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About 150 protesters gathered at the New Brunswick legislature on June 11, 2026, opposing a proposed 390-megawatt AI data centre in Lorneville near Saint John. The protest supported Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton's resolution calling for an immediate moratorium on large data centre developments. The proposed facility would emit 750,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide, raising environmental concerns among activists and opposition members.
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· 1 pulledThis plant, the plant for Lorneville, would emit 750,000 tonnes of carbon di
About 150 protesters gathered at the New Brunswick legislature on June 11, 2026 to protest against a proposed 390-megawatt AI
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