Anthropic is expanding to Atlantic Canada. On October 16, 2026, the AI company signed a long-term lease with EverWind Fuels for capacity at a new data center campus in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, marking its first data center deal in Canada. The initial lease runs for at least 20 years — a term that keeps the company committed to Point Tupper until at least 2046 — and the facility will help power Anthropic's Claude models for Canadian users and customers around the world.

The Details: Megawatts, Money and a Two-Decade Commitment

The lease covers the first phase of EverWind's Point Tupper campus, which is planned at 95 MW of capacity and targeted to come online by late 2027. The full campus is aiming for a total of 420 MW by 2028, which puts Anthropic's initial slice at less than a quarter of the planned buildout. The timing also means Anthropic is locking in capacity more than a year before the first megawatts are scheduled to arrive.

The broader EverWind project carries a price tag above C$10 billion and has been described as the largest private investment Nova Scotia has ever seen. Most of that money is going into the servers' home: more than C$8 billion is earmarked for the data center itself, while C$2 billion is allocated to the onshore wind energy projects that support it, pairing the compute buildout with dedicated renewable generation.

Jobs, GDP and the Ratepayer Question

The project is expected to create approximately 2,000 construction jobs. Once it is running, it should support around 215 permanent positions. At full operation, the campus is projected to add around C$137 million a year to Nova Scotia's GDP.

Both Anthropic and EverWind have pledged to shield local ratepayers and protect resource availability. They have also committed to generating benefits for the surrounding community. Those pledges speak to a question that accompanies data center projects of this scale: a campus targeting 420 MW will draw substantial power, and who bears the cost of that demand is a recurring concern for host communities.

Background: Anthropic's Infrastructure Spending Spree

The Nova Scotia deal lands as AI companies pour unprecedented sums into computing capacity. Anthropic reportedly spent $7.33 billion on computing and infrastructure in the prior year, a sharp increase from its earlier spending. The Point Tupper lease adds a long-horizon anchor to that spending, committing the company to dedicated Canadian capacity for at least two decades.

What This Means

For EverWind, an anchor tenant of Anthropic's profile is a strong vote of confidence. Landing a 20-year commitment on the first phase makes it easier to justify the remaining buildout toward 420 MW and the wind projects that feed it.

There are execution risks worth watching. Large energy and construction projects frequently slip, and the late 2027 target for the first 95 MW and the 2028 goal for the full 420 MW are plans, not guarantees. The key milestones to track are whether the first phase comes online on schedule, how quickly the wind projects progress, and whether EverWind signs additional tenants for the remaining capacity.