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Greensparc Petersburg Data Center (former Ocean Beauty cannery)

Petersburg, Petersburg Borough County, Alaska · All 3 Greensparc sites

ProposedMixed receptionRecord updated October 18, 2026

Greensparc Petersburg Data Center (former Ocean Beauty cannery) is a proposed data center in Petersburg, Alaska (Petersburg Borough County), operated by Greensparc. The public record puts it at announced April 20, 2026. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: Greensparc
Facility type: Data center
Location: Petersburg, Petersburg Borough County, AK
Coordinates: 56.8125, -132.9556 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: Not established from a public source
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: April 20, 2026
Utility: Petersburg Municipal Power & Light
Power source: Grid
Cooling: Closed loop
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: Not established from a public source
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: Mixed reception
Source confidence: Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

April 20, 2026
Proposed
Proposal presented to the Petersburg Borough Assembly. The tenant contract was not finalized and no building permit applications had been received. Source: KFSK

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Greensparc Petersburg Data Center (former Ocean Beauty cannery) in Petersburg, Petersburg Borough County, Alaska appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Borough power department officials support the project.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

Borough power department officials support the project. Residents at the April 20, 2026 assembly meeting showed cautious enthusiasm and skepticism.

Source: KFSK

Power and water

Would reuse the site's 2 MW cannery transformer, unused since the plant closed in 2016. A written power agreement covering diesel generator costs during high-demand periods was still needed.

Greensparc described a closed-loop system: water circulates out of the building, is cooled by Alaska's climate, and is recycled. The company says it draws no water.

Notes on the record

Micro-scale facility in a roughly 1,500 sq ft net-shed-style building beside the pier on the former Ocean Beauty Seafoods property on Petersburg's downtown waterfront. Mazzella Alaska LLC (Andrew Mazzella) owns the property; Greensparc is the prospective tenant. The coordinates are an approximate downtown-waterfront point.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

Power capacity in megawatts
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised
Land area

Which document closes each gap

Power capacity in megawatts: The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy: The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised: The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Land area: The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Greensparc Petersburg Data Center (former Ocean Beauty cannery) in Petersburg?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Greensparc Petersburg Data Center (former Ocean Beauty cannery)?

No lawsuit over Greensparc Petersburg Data Center (former Ocean Beauty cannery) appears in the record we track as of October 18, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Greensparc Petersburg Data Center (former Ocean Beauty cannery) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Greensparc Petersburg Data Center (former Ocean Beauty cannery) is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Greensparc Petersburg Data Center (former Ocean Beauty cannery), and how big is it?

Greensparc is the operator on record. We hold 3 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Greensparc Petersburg Data Center (former Ocean Beauty cannery)," updated October 18, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/greensparc-petersburg-ak.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/greensparc-petersburg-ak, retrieved October 19, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

1.Private developer plans small-scale data center project on Petersburg waterfront · KFSK · retrieved October 18, 2026
2.Small-scale data center proposed at former Ocean Beauty cannery · Petersburg Pilot · retrieved October 18, 2026

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