Government of Canada and TELUS advance work to build sovereign AI infrastructure This marks a significant step to bringing large-scale data centre capacity online 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 – 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮 Globally, industry and government alike are moving quickly to bring large-scale data centre capacity online. Access to cutting-edge compute infrastructure is crucial for maintaining Canada’s leadership in artificial intelligence (AI), empowering researchers and industries to thrive. Today, the Honourable Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, announced that the Government of Canada and TELUS are advancing work under the government’s Enabling large-scale sovereign AI data centres initiative. As part of this work, the proposed large-scale AI data centre project in British Columbia would increase Canada’s sovereign compute cap...