Canadian digital infrastructure. Rewritten.
Canadian-owned data centres for organizations that need secure space, power and cooling at scale.
A data centre company, built in Canada
FTL Infrastructure Group Inc. is headquartered in Fredericton, New Brunswick. It develops and operates colocation data centres, where many organizations share a secure, reliable campus and each runs its own equipment, from a single cabinet to a full hall.
Digital infrastructure is becoming core to the economy, and Canada needs a domestic option, not borrowed capacity in someone else’s data centre. FTL was built to close that gap, with Canadian control written into the company’s governance.
Each campus is built around redundant power, purpose-built cooling, physical security and carrier-neutral connectivity, with capacity added in phases as customers need it.
FTL Infrastructure Group Inc.
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Colocation data centres
The same thinking behind every campus
Wherever FTL builds, the questions are the same: where we build, how we power it, and who we build it with.
Reuse existing sites
Roads, power and buildings already in place.
Partner from the start
A genuine equity partnership with the Indigenous and local communities involved.
Pay our own way
Grid connection and upgrades funded by the project, not by ratepayers.
Build and operate locally
So jobs, income and tax revenue stay in the host community.
FTL’s campus in Miramichi, New Brunswick
FTL is planning a data centre campus in Miramichi, with minimal water use, very little sound and a stronger power grid. FTL will build and operate the campus in New Brunswick.
Local investment at full campus
Permanent jobs at average salaries of $75,000 or more
Indigenous equity in the project
A year in tax revenue at full buildout
Presented at the public engagement session, October 16, 2026, Kin Centre, Miramichi. All figures are FTL estimates at full buildout.
Explore the campus
How the Miramichi campus works
Water
A sealed cooling loop uses about the water two homes use.
Read morePower
Residents and businesses come first, at no cost to ratepayers.
Read moreSound
About 40 dBA at 500 metres, below Miramichi’s night-time background level.
Read moreLand
Reuse, restore, renew and restart: how FTL approaches land.
Read moreWhat the campus brings
Jobs
500+ permanent jobs at average salaries of $75,000 or more.
Read moreEconomy
$2.7B of local investment at full campus, and $210M a year in tax.
Read morePartnership
Indigenous partners hold 25% equity, with targets for jobs and contracts.
Read moreSovereignty
Owned and controlled in Canada, built and run in New Brunswick.
Read moreA small footprint
Limited, responsible water usage
Local water supplies are valuable. FTL’s design does not use evaporative cooling. The water circulates in a sealed loop and is reused, like the coolant in a car’s radiator. FTL estimates a 100-megawatt data centre would use about twice the water of a single home over five years.
How much water, over five years
Some data centres around the world use evaporative cooling and draw large volumes of water. FTL’s design does not. Sources: Statistics Canada, average household water use (2021); FTL estimates for a 100-megawatt data centre, an ice rink and an Olympic pool, to be refined through detailed engineering; Golf Course Superintendents Association of America survey (2020), median golf facility in the northeastern United States, multiplied over five years.
How the cooling loop works
Data hall
Equipment gives off heat.
Warm water
Carries the heat away from the equipment.
Cooling system
Heat leaves the loop.
Cool water
Returns to the data hall, ready to go again.
The same water travels the loop again and again, and is topped up only as needed.
Power that prioritizes people
FTL’s data centre campus makes use of existing electricity infrastructure, with no cost to any public entities or the taxpayer at all. Grid upgrades are funded by the project, not by ratepayers, and homes and businesses always come first.
What this means for residents
Reliable power
The campus will not increase the chance of outages or disruptions, and its emergency generators will only operate extremely rarely.
Rate stabilization for residents
FTL pays for its own connection and grid upgrades, and its revenue is expected to help keep rates stable for everyone.
Homes and businesses first
If the grid ever approached its limit, FTL’s access would be switched off so residents and businesses are prioritized, though this is unlikely to happen.
A grid with capacity
New Brunswick plans its power system with at least 20% more generating capacity than its highest demand, and often sells the surplus to neighbouring regions. On a typical day the province uses around 1.5 GW, with an all-time peak of 3.4 GW in 2023. Over the last four years, demand has passed 3 GW for no more than 24 hours in any one year, leaving plenty of room for new, responsible and predictable power usage.
Cost to ratepayers or taxpayers. FTL funds its own connection and grid upgrades.
More generating capacity than peak demand. The reserve NB Power plans for.
Carbon-free electricity in New Brunswick. Nuclear is the largest source.
A year to NB Power. At full buildout, with no public investment required.
Power arrives in phases: about 100 MW in 2027, up to 375 MW at full campus. Sources: NB Power hourly system data, 2022 to 2026; NB Power Integrated Resource Plan (2023); NB Power (2025/26); Canada Energy Regulator (2021).
Limited sound impact
FTL’s campus is expected to sit quietly in the neighbourhood. At 500 metres, its cooling equipment is estimated at 40 dBA, well below the 51 dBA ambient sound level in Miramichi at night.
FTL cooling.
FTL emergency generators.
Both are below the 51 dBA ambient sound level in Miramichi at night.
How loud, at 150 metres
FTL’s cooling is quieter than a wind turbine, a busy highway and a sawmill, and less than half as loud as the former mill. It is no louder than the ambient sound in town at night.
Dotted lines show the ambient sound already in Miramichi: 51 dBA at night and 55 dBA during the day. Source: FTL acoustic estimates. Highway level estimated from federal highway guidance.
About emergency generators
Redundancy is built into the system. FTL expects its emergency generators to run no more than about 50 hours a year in total, mostly for brief scheduled tests in the daytime.
Regenerative design philosophy
FTL looks for sites that already have a past: industrial land with roads, power and buildings in place. Reusing them means building where development has already happened, and turning dormant land into something useful for the community.
From dormant land to working campus
Reuse
Repurpose existing buildings, roads and electrical infrastructure, putting established utilities back to work.
Restore
Clean up legacy industrial remnants and restore the land, creating a safer, more orderly landscape.
Renew
A modern, low-profile, landscaped facility, designed without the noise of past heavy industry.
Restart
Put the local economy of Miramichi back in motion, with skilled jobs, local contracts and new tax revenue.
Built into the community
FTL treats the campus as part of the local ecosystem, so that what it builds, uses and produces works for the community around it.
Working together
Partnering with First Nations, governments, utilities and local communities to deliver long-term value for everyone involved.
Value that lasts
Skilled jobs and long-term opportunities for the communities that host FTL, measuring success by more than megawatts.
Nothing wasted
Energy is reused where possible. Surplus heat will be used for secondary purposes, for example greenhouses and heating for public buildings.
Wide-reaching benefits
Permanent jobs for local talent
This is clean heavy industry, with roles across the province. FTL expects the full campus to provide 500+ permanent jobs, starting with about 150 in the first phase. These are skilled, year-round roles with training and room to grow.
Source: FTL project estimates based on current projections.
Operated on site, by FTL
FTL is a colocation company and operates its own facilities, with the majority of its team living and working in New Brunswick. Unlike data centres run from head offices elsewhere, FTL’s team runs the whole operation of the business across the province, from the building itself to sales, marketing and customer support. FTL intends to build a workforce that reflects the communities around it, including roles reserved for Indigenous employees.
What 500+ roles means in practice
On site
Data centre technicians. Electrical and mechanical technicians. Security personnel. Facility management.
In the community
Skilled trades. Local suppliers. Hospitality. Professional services.
In the province
Sales. Marketing. Customer support. Executive functions.
Lasting economic benefit
FTL’s data centre campus is planned for New Brunswick and will serve companies across the nation and the world. It is an export business: new money flows into the region, building the economy of Miramichi and beyond.
Local investment at full campus, about $700M in the first phase.
Tax revenue each year
FTL estimates at full buildout, based on expected customers. All figures are approximate.
| Who receives it | Made up of | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| City of Miramichi | Property tax $50M | $50M |
| New Brunswick | Property tax $30M, corporate tax $26M, income tax $3M, GST/HST $45M | $104M |
| Canada | Corporate tax $28M, income tax $5M, GST/HST $23M | $56M |
| In total | Property tax $80M, corporate tax $54M, income tax $8M, GST/HST $68M | $210M |
Corporate tax: $54M, split about 52% federal (15% rate) and 48% provincial (14%). Income tax: 500+ permanent jobs at average salaries of $75,000 or more, about 58% federal and 42% provincial. GST/HST: estimated on projected sales at full buildout.
Revenue for NB Power
A year at full buildout, strengthening the utility’s finances with no public investment.
Permanent jobs
Average salaries of $75,000 or more, plus indirect jobs across local suppliers and services.
Construction jobs
Work for local construction companies and tradespeople while the campus is built in phases.
Across the province
Many data centres are owned and run from other provinces and countries, so most of the benefit leaves with them. FTL will build and operate its campus in New Brunswick, so the jobs, income and tax revenues remain with the people and municipalities that host it. Investment will also help regenerate mid and northern New Brunswick communities, giving every region a stronger economy.
Indigenous partnership
The campus is being developed in partnership with Indigenous communities, organizations, and businesses, so jobs, contracts and ownership reach them from the start.
25%Indigenous partners hold 25% equity in the project, alongside FTL and its other partners.
How Indigenous communities take part
25% equity
Held by Indigenous partners, alongside FTL and its other partners.
1 in 4 roles
A target, with priority access to construction and permanent jobs and training developed with First Nation leadership.
1 in 4 contracts
A target, with preferred access to site services, maintenance, logistics and professional support.
Indigenous-led
Participation in environmental monitoring and oversight, in construction and operations.
Looking ahead
Digital economy
Opportunities in technology services, cybersecurity and data management as the campus grows.
Data sovereignty
The chance for Indigenous organizations to host and govern their own data under their own frameworks.
Canadian digital sovereignty
As more of daily life and the economy runs on digital technology, who builds that infrastructure, and who gets the rewards, matters. FTL is building and running it locally, so that Canada, New Brunswick and Miramichi are the ones to benefit from the frontier of technology.
Local, regional and national
Owned in Canada
A Canadian-owned and controlled company, headquartered in Fredericton.
Built in New Brunswick
Built with local contractors and a local workforce, and operated from Canada.
Growth in Miramichi
New investment and jobs that lift Miramichi and the region around it.
A different kind of data centre
FTL is a colocation facility: secure space and power that many different organizations use to run their own equipment. It is designed to enable data sovereignty, keeping Canadian data under Canadian jurisdiction.
Built for Canadian organizations, in the community that hosts it.
| Topic | Large global tech campus | FTL |
|---|---|---|
| Who it serves | Typically one global technology company | Canadian companies first, open to customers worldwide |
| Who controls it | Often decided at a head office abroad | Decided in New Brunswick |
| Where it benefits | Usually the company’s home market | Local jobs, suppliers and tax revenue |
What this means for Canada and New Brunswick
Digital infrastructure now underpins the modern economy. FTL’s campus is built so the investment, jobs and tax revenue it creates are felt across Canada and in New Brunswick.
Of local investment at full campus.
A new anchor industry
Bringing export revenue.
Tax revenue
And infrastructure improvements.
Long-term skilled jobs
For the people who host the campus.
The information boards
The eight boards shown at the public engagement session, and a two-page summary. PDF files, suitable for printing.
Get in touch
For sales, media, public and other enquiries.
- Location
- Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada