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Anthropic Leases 95 MW at EverWind’s Planned $10B Nova Scotia Campus
Anthropic has signed a 20-year lease for the first 95 megawatts of EverWind’s planned data-centre campus at Point Tupper, Nova Scotia. EverWind says the wider campus and a portfolio of wind projects represent more than $10 billion in planne
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Anthropic has signed a 20-year lease for the first phase of a planned data-centre campus at Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, according to reporting by The Canadian Press. The facility is expected to draw 95 megawatts and support Anthropic’s Claude AI services. EverWind’s announcement, issued October 16, describes the customer only as a “leading frontier AI developer” and sets out a broader plan for more than $10 billion in data-centre and wind investment.
Anthropic takes the first 95 megawatts
The initial facility is planned to cover 18,600 square metres, The Canadian Press reported. EverWind aims to begin the first 95-MW phase in late 2027, then add 325 MW in an expansion targeted for 2028. The company says the full campus would reach 420 MW, but the expansion remains subject to commercial, technical and regulatory conditions.
EverWind did not disclose the lease’s value. It says more than $8 billion of the planned investment would go toward developing, building, owning and financing the data-centre campus; another $2 billion is allocated to four onshore wind projects: Bear Lake, Windy Ridge, Kmtnuk and Upper Afton.
The announcement marks Anthropic’s first data-centre agreement in Canada, Reuters reported, citing a company executive. The Canadian Press said the lease gives EverWind a long-term customer as it seeks financing from banks and pension plans. A signed lease establishes a commercial commitment, but it does not mean the planned campus has been built or that the later expansion is secured.
Wind power comes after the data centre
EverWind says the four wind projects will add renewable generation to Nova Scotia’s electricity supply and help meet industrial demand, including demand from Point Tupper. The company’s announcement also describes several hundred megawatt-hours of battery storage for the campus and says the facility is designed to reduce or stop drawing electricity from the grid when needed to protect reliability.
The wind farms are not expected to be ready when the first data-centre phase is due to open in late 2027, The Canadian Press reported. Company officials said the province’s grid operator had found existing infrastructure could support the operation. EverWind says it will pay for connections, network upgrades and other electricity-system costs attributable to the project, rather than pass them on to existing ratepayers; the planned expansion will not connect until required studies and approvals are complete.
Water use and local benefits remain part of the plan
EverWind says the campus will use a closed-loop cooling system and will fund water infrastructure costs tied to the development. The Canadian Press reported the company’s estimate of average water use at 100,000 litres a day in the first phase, rising to 500,000 litres a day after expansion. Those figures describe company projections, not measured consumption at an operating facility.
The project portfolio is expected to support about 2,000 construction positions and 215 permanent operating jobs across the campus and wind projects, according to EverWind. The company also says it will establish a community-benefit program worth tens of millions of dollars and is negotiating with the Membertou Development Corporation on an ownership stake in the campus.
A $10 billion proposal still faces execution tests
EverWind calls the combined development the largest privately funded investment in Nova Scotia’s history. The announcement presents the data centre, wind projects and battery storage as parts of one energy-and-computing plan, while the construction schedule makes clear that they will not arrive at the same time.
The first test is whether EverWind can finance and build the 95-MW facility on its late-2027 target while meeting grid and water requirements. The much larger 325-MW addition remains conditional, and EverWind’s wind generation is planned on a separate timeline. For now, Anthropic’s 20-year lease anchors the first stage—not the entire 420-MW campus.