January 7, 2026

The City of Ottawa received an update from Lightfield Energy at this week’s meet and had some good news. The company, despite some delays, still plans on constructing a data center at Proximity Park, it might just take a while. Lightfield representative, Andy Talburt, spoke with commissioners about not only building a power plant on site, but working with the city to build a water treatment plant also:

Commissioners agreed to extend the current contract one month to have time to to think about the proposal. Most seemed to be in favor. Either way, Lightfield will ask for a 6 month extension to work out some other concerns they have, but Talbert reiterated their commitment to the project.