What happened
On Friday 16 October 2026, EverWind CEO Trent Vichie announced at a news conference that Anthropic has signed a long-term lease to use EverWind’s data centre campus at Point Tupper, near Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. Anthropic confirmed its involvement the same evening. Global News quotes Jacob Glick, Anthropic’s head of Canada public policy: “Canadians are using Claude in growing numbers, and we want our infrastructure to be closer to the people who rely on it.”
The announcement was made at a news conference and relayed by news outlets. We did not find a press release on EverWind’s or Anthropic’s own website, so the details below are as reported by Global News.
Key details
- Capacity and timing, per EverWind: an initial phase of 95 MW from late 2027, an expansion to 325 MW targeted for 2028 and subject to regulatory conditions, and 420 MW at full build-out.
- Investment: EverWind describes $10 billion in private funding, of which $8 billion is for the data centre campus and $2 billion for onshore wind projects. Global News does not link the wind projects to the campus’s power supply, and does not name a generation source for it.
- Power costs: EverWind says it will fund the electricity infrastructure costs so they are not passed to ratepayers, and the campus will include battery storage of “several hundred megawatt hours”.
- Cooling and water: a sealed, closed-loop water-glycol system, mainly air cooled, with water-assisted cooling in the hottest weather. EverWind gives about 100,000 litres a day initially and about 500,000 litres a day on average at full build-out.
- Jobs and revenue: about 2,000 construction jobs and 215 permanent positions, and more than $400 million in municipal tax revenue over the projects’ lives, according to EverWind.
- Local reaction: Premier Tim Houston supported the project; NDP leader Claudia Chender called for regulation; Richmond County Warden Lois Landry welcomed it but said questions on electricity, water and the environment still need clear answers. EverWind is in talks with a First Nations consortium led by Membertou Development Corporation about a possible ownership stake.
Why it matters
This would be Anthropic’s first data centre capacity in Canada, and the first location outside the United States named in the reporting we reviewed. Anthropic’s stated reason is to place infrastructure closer to Canadian users. The 95 MW first phase is the part with a date; the larger figures are targets, and the 325 MW step depends on regulatory approval.
What remains open is where the electricity will come from, which the reporting does not say. Until the companies publish a primary document with those terms, the capacity, cost and water figures should be read as EverWind’s plans, not as completed commitments.
Disclosure: Claude, made by Anthropic, was one of the AI tools used to research and draft this article, and Anthropic is a party to the deal described. Treat Anthropic’s statements as its own account.
Sources
- EverWind's large-scale data centre in N.S. will power Anthropic's Claude AI (reports the EverWind CEO's 16 Oct 2026 news conference and an Anthropic statement) Primary source , Global News
- Anthropic Signs Lease for First Canadian Data Center U.S. News & World Report (wire copy)