Anthropic has signed a lease for its first data center in Canada, securing capacity at EverWind’s planned facility in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, as the Claude developer continues an expensive global build-out of computing infrastructure.
Reuters reported that the agreement marks Anthropic’s first data center deal in Canada, while EverWind is preparing a multibillion-dollar campus and renewable-energy portfolio around the project.
Nova Scotia project could reach 420 megawatts
EverWind said on October 16 that it plans more than C$10 billion in private investment at Point Tupper, including more than C$8 billion for the data-center campus and C$2 billion for four onshore wind projects.
At full development, the site is planned to reach 420 megawatts of capacity. EverWind also expects the combined projects to support approximately 2,000 construction positions and 215 permanent operating jobs.
The developer said it has secured a long-term lease with a “leading frontier AI developer”; Reuters subsequently identified that customer as Anthropic.
Anthropic’s compute bill is rising rapidly
The Canadian lease comes as Anthropic pours billions into the infrastructure required to train and serve increasingly capable Claude models.
Reuters reported that the company spent $7.33 billion on computing and infrastructure last year, roughly three times its 2024 spending.
Jacob Glick, Anthropic’s head of public policy for Canada, said the company intends to protect electricity ratepayers and water resources while ensuring local communities receive benefits from the project, according to Reuters.
Those promises matter because AI data centers are increasingly being scrutinized over electricity demand, water use and the cost of new grid infrastructure.
Canada wants more AI infrastructure built at home
The project also fits Canada’s broader push to expand domestic computing capacity.
In September, the Canadian government said the country still relies significantly on infrastructure and services located outside Canada for the compute, cloud and storage resources supporting AI. Anthropic was among the companies that signed the government’s new Responsible Data Centre Development Principles.
Those principles call for projects to protect electricity ratepayers, limit impacts on water and energy resources, and provide lasting benefits to local communities.
EverWind says it will fund electricity-infrastructure costs attributable to the Point Tupper project and establish a community-benefit program worth tens of millions of dollars.
AI competition is becoming an infrastructure race
Anthropic’s Canadian expansion highlights how competition between frontier AI companies is moving beyond model quality.
Companies now need enormous quantities of chips, electricity, real estate and financing simply to keep up with demand.
That makes Nova Scotia significant for more than its first Anthropic data center. The deal links a frontier-model company with local energy generation, long-term infrastructure financing and national ambitions around domestic compute.
For builders and investors, the signal is increasingly clear: the next phase of AI competition will be determined not only by who builds the best models, but by who can secure enough physical infrastructure to run them at scale.
