Canada's Spur Innovation Plans 50-75MW Data Center in Ontario

en.Wedoany.com Reported - Canadian developer Spur Innovation plans to build a data center and vertical farm complex in Fergus, Ontario. According to an AI-generated fact sheet accompanying a report in the Wellington Advertiser, the project is located at 865 Gartshore Street, covering 25 acres, with plans for a 50-75MW data center, along with a vertical farm and greenhouse complex. The data center will be built in three phases: 25-35MW in the first three years, then expanding to 50-75MW, with a long-term goal of increasing total capacity to 150-300MW on adjacent parcels.

The fact sheet originates from a now-offline project website. The land is owned by a company whose director is Spur Innovation founder Krishan Judge. However, Centre Wellington (the local government) told the Wellington Advertiser that it has not received a development application from the company.

Spur Innovation positions itself as a data center operator, computing provider, AI investor, and startup accelerator. Its flagship project, Venture Studio, is planned for the company's Waterloo campus, which was formerly the headquarters of BlackBerry. Spur says the campus spans 37.6 acres, with an existing operational 20MW data center and 700,000 square feet (65,032 square meters) of building space.