7 Nova Scotia towns protested Anthropic's data centre on the same day, demanding a moratorium.

Reported, not verified. We read 3 independent first-hand accounts of November 7: The Canadian Press at 17:14, the Dalhousie Gazette, and a pre-event listing of all 7 addresses. No organiser or official has published a record of the day, and turnout differs: nearly a thousand in Halifax from The Canadian Press, hundreds from the student paper. A dated post-event statement from organisers, police or the province verifies it. Verification date December 8, 2026.

Seven protests ran at noon on Saturday November 7, 2026, at published addresses in Halifax, Bridgewater, Westville, Port Hawkesbury, Sydney, Kentville and Truro. The Canadian Press, filed 17:14 by Tori Fitzpatrick, puts nearly a thousand people in downtown Halifax in the rain, starting at the provincial legislature, filling a block of Hollis Street and marching through the core. The demand it records: a moratorium on all large-scale AI data centre proposals in the province. Organisers named: Ned Zimmerman, a Dartmouth technology worker, and Ashley Drodge. It puts a Change.org petition against AI data centres in the province at nearly 28,000 signatures. The Dalhousie Gazette, reporting from the march, names Leah Walter, a Dalhousie student with Nova Scotia Student Strike, as an organiser, counts hundreds, describes a loop past Province House and City Hall, and quotes her: "The motivation is to keep our earth safe and to give our children a future." Further rallies are planned. The project: EverWind Fuels' $10 billion campus at Point Tupper, southern Cape Breton, announced October 16 and called by EverWind the largest private investment in provincial history. Anthropic signed a 20 year lease on the 18,600 square metre building to run Claude. Power: 95 megawatts in phase one, online in 2027, plus a 325 megawatt expansion in mid-2028, 420 in total. Water: from Landrie Lake, averaging 100,000 litres a day in phase one and 500,000 in the next. EverWind says about 80 turbines will be built to power it, that cooling is closed-loop, that it covers all electricity infrastructure costs and that rates will not rise. The government's position, to The Canadian Press: Premier Tim Houston's office says the project proceeds only if it meets provincial and federal guidelines on water, environment, power rates and capacity, and that legislative change would be considered "should we find ourselves in a situation where we require them."Environment Minister Timothy Halman said the project needs industrial approval rather than an environmental impact assessment, which he called the most appropriate tool. EverWind did not comment. Not established: total provincial turnout, any police or provincial figure, and the job numbers, reported as about 2,000 in construction and 215 permanent.

1. Oct 16

   EverWind announces the $10 billion Point Tupper campus with its tenant already signed. Edition 053 carded it. Site-clearing work had already begun.

2. Oct 28

   Edition 064 cards a UK count of ministers' data centre meetings; Edition 072 cards 41 American data centre ballot measures. Opposition becomes electoral.

3. Nov 6

   Hundreds of protesters enter Microsoft's Amsterdam data centre construction site on the first day of a European coalition programme, with detentions reported between 150 and 218.

4. Nov 7

   Dublin holds Ireland's first national data centre protest, marching to the parliament, part of a European day of action. Edition 079 carded it hours before these Canadian marches.

5. Nov 7

   Seven Nova Scotia protests at noon. Moratorium demanded. The premier's office and the environment minister respond the same day; EverWind does not.