Validus Power is making more news in Northern Ontario with the announcement of construction of a new 32,000-square-foot data centre in Kapuskasing that will be powered by a local energy plant.
In a Nov. 5 news release, the Toronto-based energy developer said its Kapuskasing "High Performance Compute" hosting facility is part of a larger $100-million investment in Northern Ontario that involves refurbishing, modernizing and reopening the 45-megawatt Kapuskasing combined cycle power plant acquired by Validus earlier this year. The plant was formerly owned by Atlantic Power and was closed five years ago...