Anthropic named as customer of EverWind's data center project in Nova Scotia
The data center is still in the early stages, before construction begins.
October 19, 2026
Anthropic, an artificial intelligence (AI) company, has been named as the customer that will use a data center being developed by EverWind Fuels at its Point Tupper site in Nova Scotia, Canada.
According to CBC, work to prepare the site for construction has begun. The site is just outside Port Hawkesbury on Cape Breton Island.
Anthropic has signed a 20-year lease with EverWind for the facility. EverWind, a clean energy company, will build and run the data center.
EverWind expects the data center campus to attract $10 billion in private investment. Of this, $8 billion will go directly toward building and running the data center. The other $2 billion will help develop the company's onshore wind power projects in Nova Scotia.
EverWind had only described its customer as a "leading frontier AI developer." It said the customer would lease capacity during the project's "initial phase." This first phase is expected to provide 95 megawatts (MW) of capacity by late 2027. The company plans to add another 325MW in 2028.
Point Tupper will be the first data center in Canada where Anthropic is known to have secured capacity.
"Point Tupper has supported industry in the Strait Region for more than 50 years. Today's announcement represents major new investment in Nova Scotia's digital and energy infrastructure and highlights the role Nova Scotians can play in driving Canada's renewed economic ambitions, marking a new chapter for the site and creating opportunities for rural Nova Scotia," said Trent Vichie, founder and CEO of EverWind.
"For decades, Nova Scotians have helped build major projects across Canada, often leaving home to find well-paying work. With this investment, we're creating more opportunities for people to find jobs and build their careers at home in rural Nova Scotia."
Plans for a data center at the site first appeared earlier this month.
The Point Tupper Green Fuels project will expand an existing fuel terminal into a facility that produces clean hydrogen and ammonia. EverWind's wind farm projects will provide power for the facility.
The first phase will include four wind projects: Bear Lake Wind Project, Windy Ridge Wind Project, Kmtnuk Wind Project, and Upper Afton Wind Project. All four will connect directly to Nova Scotia's power grid. Phase 2 will include the Guysborough Wind Projects: Setapuktuk Wind Project, Wind Farm 2, and Wind Farm 3, all in Guysborough County. These second-phase wind farms will connect to the Point Tupper Green Fuels Project through the Strait Crossing Transmission Line Project. This overhead power line will cross the Strait of Canso.
The campus will also have battery storage with a capacity of several hundred megawatt-hours (MWh). The batteries will help supply power to the facility and manage demand on Nova Scotia's electricity grid.
"This announcement is a powerful vote of confidence in Nova Scotia and our future. A private investment of more than $10 billion, the largest in our province's history, has the potential to create thousands of jobs, strengthen rural economies, and position Nova Scotia as a leader in the growing digital and clean energy economy. What makes this opportunity especially important is the commitment to protecting ratepayers, safeguarding local resources, and ensuring communities share in the benefits. This is the kind of responsible growth that helps build a stronger, more prosperous future for Nova Scotians," said Tim Houston, Premier of Nova Scotia.
EverWind is backed by Nuveen, an asset management company, through its energy infrastructure credit unit.
EverWind bought the Point Tupper fuel terminal from NuStar Energy in 2022. The site was once part of British American Oil's Gulf Oil Refinery, which was built and shut down in the 1970s.
The Point Tupper Generating Station, a nearby power plant with a capacity of 150MW, runs on coal. It opened in 1973 and was originally designed to use oil from the refinery. Nova Scotia Power plans to switch the plant from coal to natural gas starting in 2029.
Nova Scotia is on Canada's east coast. According to Datacenters.com, the region currently has 12 data centers.