Project · Evidence reviewed 2026-10-06
FirstBlock former Sonoco-site data-centre proposal
FirstBlock (proponent) · Quinte West, Ontario
Research record, not a building count. Campus and phase overlap may exist; do not add capacity values. Access dates do not establish fresh commissioning.
Identity and map provenance
- Name: Quinte West Chamber of Commerce / FirstBlock
- Operator: Quinte West Chamber of Commerce / FirstBlock
- Province: Quinte West Chamber of Commerce / FirstBlock
- City: Quinte West Chamber of Commerce / FirstBlock
- Record kind: Quinte West Chamber of Commerce / FirstBlock
- Disposition: Quinte West Chamber of Commerce / FirstBlock
City reference only; not the facility. Derived city center, rounded to four decimals. The marker is not a building, entrance, campus or parcel location. GeoNames 6115355 · CC BY 4.0
Development
ProposedThe Chamber advertised an October 5, 2026 FirstBlock presentation about a proposed integrated data-centre and district-heating project at the former Sonoco site.
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Checked
- 2026-10-05
- Scope
- Facility
- Evidence type
- Reported
- Status describes
- Proposed project
- FirstBlock data-centre and district-heating information session · Quinte West Chamber of Commerce / FirstBlock
Sustainability
PlannedThe event notice describes planned greenhouse and indoor-farm use of recovered data-centre heat.
- Evidence date
- Undated source
- Checked
- 2026-10-05
- Scope
- Proposed site
- Evidence type
- Reported
- Status describes
- Reported fact
- FirstBlock data-centre and district-heating information session · Quinte West Chamber of Commerce / FirstBlock