‘Just not acceptable’: Backlash grows over Nova Scotia AI data centre project – Halifax– globalnews.ca
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Criticism of Nova Scotia’s move to build a large-scale AI data centre in Cape Breton is growing, as both opposition parties are calling for an emergency sitting of the legislature to debate the project because they say it lacks consultation and regulatory safeguards.
On Friday, energy and infrastructure company, EverWind, announced plans for $10 billion in private investment in a data centre campus at its existing Point Tupper site near Port Hawkesbury, N.S.
AI development company Anthropic, the creator of Claude AI, confirmed it had signed a long-term lease to use the centre.
In a Monday morning social media post, Official Opposition Leader Claudia Chender shared her letter to Premier Tim Houston, in which she said “tough questions about this project must be asked.”
“What is most alarming is that you seem to believe that non-binding federal guidelines endorsed by the AI industry itself and expectations you laid out in a social media post constitute a valid approach to ensure that data centres remain accountable to the people of Nova Scotia,” she wrote in part.
