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Firm behind planned Anthropic data centre in Nova Scotia denies owing fees to N.L.
EverWind disputes more than $11.4 million in annual reserve fees as Newfoundland and Labrador pursues payment for land tied to a stalled hydrogen project.
- Newfoundland and Labrador officials confirmed Tuesday they are pursuing outstanding land fees from EverWind Fuels for a cancelled wind-hydrogen project on the Burin Peninsula, even as the company unveils a $10-billion data centre for Anthropic in Nova Scotia.
- In 2023, the former Liberal government reserved nearly 2,700 square kilometres of Crown land for EverWind and began charging the company more than $11.4 million annually, about 3.5 per cent of the land's market value.
- Matthew Tinari, EverWind's chief financial and strategy officer, stated Tuesday the company "categorically disputes" the charges, claiming over half the reserved land was "unsuitable for development" despite $5.6 million in good-faith payments.
- Premier Tony Wakeham said Tuesday the province remains open to data centres but expressed no regrets about withdrawing EverWind's Crown lands, stating, "There's tremendous opportunities in our province when it comes to hydroelectricity."
- EverWind plans to build the $10-billion facility in Point Tupper, Cape Breton, where Anthropic has signed a 20-year lease for the 18,600-square-metre site scheduled to come online late next year.
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Firm behind planned Anthropic data centre in Nova Scotia denies owing fees to N.L.
EverWind, a company planning a massive data centre in Nova Scotia for artificial intelligence giant Anthropic, is in the midst of a dispute about land fees for a failed wind-powered hydrogen project in southern Newfoundland.
·Ottawa, Canada
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