How big is Sault Ste. Marie Data Centre?

The record has one measure of its size: 400 MW (not disclosed). Its acreage is not disclosed.

Who is building Sault Ste. Marie Data Centre?

Not disclosed. No source on file names the developer. The sources read for this record are listed under Sources.

How much power and water does Sault Ste. Marie Data Centre say it needs?

Power: 400 MW (not disclosed). Water: not disclosed by any source on file.

Where does Sault Ste. Marie Data Centre stand today?

It is reported, as reported August 27, 2026. The newest entry, reported August 27, 2026: The project is in very early stages and must clear several regulatory hurdles [2].

What has Sault Ste. Marie or Algoma County decided about it?

No decision by Sault Ste. Marie or Algoma County about data centers is on the record. The Ontario scorecard lists every rated row the day a person publishes one.

Reported Built from one source

Sault Ste. Marie Data Centre

A plan for a 400 MW AI data centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario was proposed and met with community opposition. It is reported, as reported August 27, 2026.

How much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.

Last verified October 7, 2026 · 2 sources, 0 primary · Built from one source, not yet reviewed in depth by a person. · How to read this page

How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.

What is known

Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.

Land: Not disclosed
Power it would draw: 400 MW; not disclosed
Water: Not disclosed
Who leads it: Not disclosed
Who would use it: Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs: Not disclosed
Tax each year: Not disclosed

Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)

Impact figures

Field	Value	Who says so	Last verified
How much power it needs	400 MW	not disclosed	October 7, 2026
How much water it would use	Not disclosed
How loud it would be	Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs	Not disclosed
Tax it would pay each year	Not disclosed

The record's fields

Field	Value	Who says so	Source	Last verified
Who is building it	Not disclosed
Who is constructing it	Not disclosed
How much land	Not disclosed
Where its power comes from	Not disclosed
Grid connection	Not disclosed
How it is cooled	Not disclosed

The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.

Still not public, and where it would show up

The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.

Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
Who is behind itA land record, a zoning application or a company's own announcement.
Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.

What happened

Reported August 27, 2026 (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

The project is in very early stages and must clear several regulatory hurdles [2]
Reported August 27, 2026 · Status: rumored (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

A 400 megawatt data centre is proposed for Sault Ste. Marie [2]

The full Sault Ste. Marie Data Centre timeline, in order

The site

Where in Sault Ste. Marie is not in the public record. The pin marks the center of Sault Ste. Marie, not a building, and the outline is Algoma County.

This record: Proposed, ringed
data center
Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record

Details

this record's location, ringed
parcel outline, from the county parcel record
city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
county boundary

The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.

Where: Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma County, Ontario
How exactly it is located: Town level, the center of the city
The parcel: No parcel outline in the public record
Nearest homes: Not computed for a record placed at a place center
Nearest records: Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at the center of its town.

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Questions about this project

5 questions answered from the record

Answered from the rows on this page.

How big is Sault Ste. Marie Data Centre?: The record has one measure of its size: 400 MW (not disclosed). Its acreage is not disclosed.
Who is building Sault Ste. Marie Data Centre?: Not disclosed. No source on file names the developer. The sources read for this record are listed under Sources.
How much power and water does Sault Ste. Marie Data Centre say it needs?: Power: 400 MW (not disclosed). Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does Sault Ste. Marie Data Centre stand today?: It is reported, as reported August 27, 2026. The newest entry, reported August 27, 2026: The project is in very early stages and must clear several regulatory hurdles [2].
What has Sault Ste. Marie or Algoma County decided about it?: No decision by Sault Ste. Marie or Algoma County about data centers is on the record. The Ontario scorecard lists every rated row the day a person publishes one.

Sources

Primary documents first: filings, minutes, dockets and official pages. Then reporting. The numbers are the ones the entries above cite.

Reporting

Data centre proposal in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. met with opposition - CBC, CBC, July 31, 2026, local outlet
Plan would see 400MW AI data centre built in the Sault - CTV News, CTV News, August 27, 2026, local outlet

2 sources on file.

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Data Center Record, "Sault Ste. Marie Data Centre", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/sault-ste-marie-data-centre-on, last verified October 7, 2026.

Last verified October 7, 2026, first recorded September 5, 2026. Every correction is logged on the corrections page.

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Slug: sault-ste-marie-data-centre-on
Status value: rumored
Stage: Proposed
Tier: skeleton
Tags: skeleton
Place id: ca/on/algoma-county/sault-ste-marie
Coordinates: 46.53893, -84.39943
Location precision: city
Location source: Place center (Sault Ste. Marie), placed at city level: centroid of the city's boundary in the Canadian Geographical Names Database (Natural Resources Canada, Open Government Licence)
Coordinate source: cgndb centroid
Location source number: Not disclosed
Location last verified: October 7, 2026
EPA registry id: Not disclosed
Use type values: not_disclosed
Tenancy value: not_disclosed
Cooling type value: not_disclosed
Capacity basis: not_disclosed
Water basis: not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
Acreage basis: Not disclosed
Interconnection value: not_disclosed
Capacity, if disclosed: 400 MW, not disclosed
Rating of the county's rows: Not disclosed
Published: 2026-09-05
Last verified: 2026-10-07