Bell Aliant Building $25 Million Data Center in Saint John, New Brunswick

A new $25 million data center has been scheduled to be built by Bell Aliant in Saint John, New Brunswick. The province of New Brunswick will contribute $5 million toward the project, which will looks to create a robust data center facility designed specifically to meet the needs of the New Brunswick ICT sector.

The 24,000-square-foot facility will create around 50 new jobs for the region through construction and operation of the data center. It will deliver 1MW, with the potential to expand to 4MW, and will offer critical infrastructure to keep businesses in the province connected while also helping them grow and attracting new business to the region.

"New Brunswick's knowledge economy is growing, and creating new opportunities for job creation," said David Alward, premier of New Brunswick. "Our government's investment in this leading-edge data center will help New Brunswick companies attract new investment and create jobs here at home."

"Businesses need reliable, secure, scalable data services, and we're making the necessary infrastructure investments to boost Bell Aliant's Atlantic Canada data center offering to meet that need," said Karen Sheriff , president and CEO of Bell Aliant. "With support from the government of New Brunswick we will build one of the most advanced and innovative data center facilities in North America - and as the ICT sector continues to grow, guarantee our capacity to expand and attract future investment."

Bell Aliant serves about 5.3 million Canadians with its data center facilities, located throughout the country. The company has spent more than $40 million to expand and enhance its existing services and facilities in Saint John, N.B. as well as St. John’s, N.L. and Halifax, N.S.

The agreement with New Brunswick will also see the province extend its existing voice services agreement with Bell Aliant for one year. The province will benefit from significant cost savings along with enhanced services, including voice, video, data and business solutions.