Anthropic signed its first Canadian data center deal, in Nova Scotia.
Anthropic said on Friday it signed a 20-year lease at a planned data center in eastern Canada. The developer EverWind plans to spend over C$10 billion on the campus and nearby wind farms. The first 95-megawatt phase should open in late 2027, but local politicians question the promises on power bills.
Why it mattersAnthropic says Canadians use Claude more and more, so it wants servers closer to them. Each such deal also brings the usual fight over who pays for the grid.
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