Anthropic signs lease for first Canadian AI data centre – a $10-billion project in Cape Breton
The Claude maker's first Canadian data centre will anchor a $10-billion EverWind campus in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, with the first phase online in late 2027.
Anthropic – the maker of the Claude AI assistant – has signed a lease for its first Canadian data centre, anchoring a $10-billion AI computing campus in Point Tupper on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia under a 20-year lease.
Announced Friday, the deal leases capacity from EverWind Fuels, which is developing the campus along with wind-energy projects across the province to power it. The first phase is expected to begin operating in late 2027, with the facility in pre-construction now.
Why it matters
Data centres are the new heavy industry: whoever hosts them captures jobs, construction spending and – critically – the compute that powers frontier AI. Most of that buildout has gone to the United States; landing one of the world’s leading AI labs is a signal moment for Atlantic Canada and for Ottawa’s push to keep AI capability onshore.
It also lands the same month the federal government created a 13-member National Council on Artificial Intelligence to advise on Canada’s AI transformation – and as provinces court hyperscale projects; Defence Construction Canada is separately planning a $1.5-billion national-capital-region data centre.
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