Anthropic Signs First Canadian Data Center Lease With EverWind
Anthropic has signed its first data center lease in Canada, agreeing to a 20-year term for the initial 95-megawatt phase of EverWind Fuels’ planned Nova Scotia campus to power its Claude artificial intelligence models.
The agreement covers an initial 95-megawatt facility at Point Tupper in Cape Breton. EverWind didn't disclose the lease’s value, The Canadian Press reported on Friday. It is Anthropic’s first data center agreement in Canada, according to Reuters.
EverWind announced more than C$10 billion in planned private investment on Friday, over C$8 billion for the campus and C$2 billion for wind projects.
The first phase is targeted for late 2027, with a 325-megawatt expansion planned for 2028, subject to commercial, technical and regulatory conditions. The lease announcement covers only the initial phase of the proposed 420-megawatt campus.
EverWind plans to invest its own capital and seek financing from banks and pension plans now that it has a long-term tenant.
The agreement extends Anthropic’s infrastructure expansion beyond its US projects. In November 2025, the company announced a US$50 billion computing infrastructure investment with Fluidstack, including data centers in Texas and New York. In April 2026, it announced a separate agreement with Google and Broadcom for multiple gigawatts of computing capacity expected to start coming online in 2027, mostly in the United States.
Power supply remains a key issue for the Nova Scotia development. EverWind’s associated wind farms will not be ready when the first phase is scheduled to open, company officials told The Canadian Press. They said a study by the province’s independent grid operator found existing infrastructure could support the initial operation.
EverWind said it would pay project-related electricity connection and upgrade costs and install battery storage. The expansion cannot connect to the grid until required studies and approvals are complete.
Its planned closed-loop cooling system would use about 100,000 litres of water daily initially and 500,000 litres at full development. EverWind said its Point Tupper green hydrogen and ammonia plans remain in place.
The proposal has also drawn political scrutiny. Nova Scotia opposition New Democratic Party leader Claudia Chender called for protections against electricity rate increases, questioning the government’s reliance on assurances that residents would be protected, The Canadian Press reported.
