A green hydrogen and ammonia company is planning to add data centers to its plant in Nova Scotia, Canada.

EverWind Fuels recently confirmed to the CBC that the company’s long-term plans include the potential construction of data centers on the energy firm's plant in Point Tupper, just outside Port Hawkesbury.

EverWind Fuels spokesperson Claire Parsons told the publication that the company “is exploring opportunities to host a data center at our existing industrial site at Point Tupper.”

“A potential data center development would complement those plans by strengthening the energy and infrastructure platform at Point Tupper, while attracting new industries that can create good jobs and contribute to Nova Scotia’s economic growth,” she said.

The company has made Richmond County municipality officials aware of its latest plans, but is yet to file any application.

Details on the number and size of any planned data centers, as well as potential timelines for development, haven’t been shared.

Expanding an existing fuels storage terminal, the Point Tupper Green Fuels Project is expected to produce approximately 200,000 tonnes of green ammonia each year using newly built renewable power generation.

The project is fully permitted and received Environmental Assessment approval in 2023. The first phase could go online as soon as 2029.

A second phase of expansion is planned to add approximately 800,000 tonnes of additional annual production capacity.

Everwind is also developing multiple wind farm projects across Nova Scotia to offset the plant’s energy needs.

The 650MW of wind projects in Phase 1 include the Bear Lake Wind Project, Windy Ridge Wind Project, Kmtnuk Wind Project, and the Upper Afton Wind Project. Due to come online around 2028, these projects will connect directly to the provincial power grid. An Indigenous consortium led by Membertou First Nation holds majority ownership in the Phase 1 wind portfolio.

A second phase will see three other wind farms – the Setapuktuk Wind Project, Ocean Lake Wind Project, and Harbour Hills Wind Project – developed in Guysborough and St. Mary’s that will not be grid-connected. They will instead be connected to the fuel plant via the Strait Crossing Transmission Line Project, a new overhead transmission line that will cross the Strait of Canso. That transmission line was approved through Nova Scotia’s Environmental Assessment process last year.

Everwind is backed by asset manager Nuveen via its energy infrastructure credit unit.

The energy firm acquired the Point Tupper fuel terminal from NuStar Energy in 2022. The site was once part of British American Oil's Gulf Oil Refinery that was built and closed down in the 1970s.

The 150MW coal-powered Point Tupper Generating Station is also located nearby. Opened in 1973 and originally designed to run on oil from the refinery, Nova Scotia Power is set to convert the coal plant to run on natural gas from 2029.