Anthropic signs its first Canadian data center lease to support the operation of the Claude AI model.

PANews October 18 news, according to Theenergymag, Anthropic has signed a 20-year data center lease with Canada's EverWind Fuels to support the operation of the Claude artificial intelligence model. This is Anthropic's first data center agreement in Canada, covering the first-phase 95-megawatt facility at the Point Tupper campus in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The lease amount has not been disclosed.

It is reported that the first phase of the project is planned to begin operation in late 2027, with an additional 325 megawatts planned for expansion in 2028. The entire campus is planned for a total capacity of 420 megawatts, and subsequent expansion remains subject to commercial, technical, and regulatory conditions. EverWind announced on Friday that the campus and related wind power projects are expected to attract more than CAD 10 billion in private investment, including more than CAD 8 billion for the campus and about CAD 2 billion for the wind power projects.