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Nova Scotia opposition seeks emergency debate over $10-billion AI data centre

Philippine Canadian Inquirer ·

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Nova Scotia’s New Democratic Party leader Claudia Chender is urging Premier Tim Houston to recall the legislature for an emergency debate on a proposed $10-billion AI data centre at Point Tupper, Cape Breton. EverWind Fuels says the project would initially use 95 megawatts of electricity; Anthropic has signed a 20-year lease for the site. Chender wants binding safeguards and answers on water and power use. EverWind estimates initial cooling would use an average of 100,000 litres of water daily, rising to as much as 500,000 litres after expansion.