A developer is considering using a part of his property in Petersburg for a small-scale data center. The proposed private project is between the Silicon-Valley-based company Greensparc, and the developer who owns the defunct Ocean Beauty Seafoods property on the downtown waterfront. Borough power department officials support the idea, saying it could benefit local customers for years to come.
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The OBI Seafoods cannery in Petersburg is ahead of schedule. They hit 100,000 cases of fish on Saturday, August 5th —that’s four days ahead of last year. However, the workers were so busy canning, OBI had to blow its celebratory steam whistle a few days late.
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The Southeast Alaska Dungeness crab fishery opened on June 15th. But roughly a quarter of the fleet in Petersburg is skipping the season. That’s partly because many of them are expecting low prices.
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Icicle and Ocean Beauty are merging their salmon operations in Alaska. Industry analysts say the deal is designed to keep the processors competitive with Trident and Silver Bay Seafoods.
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Petersburg’s nonprofit cold storage plant still mostly freezes fish for a big processor. But it’s also taking in groceries and sport anglers’ catches.
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