# @CMcalgary on Facebook

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- **Posted:** 2026-05-12T00:03:22.000+00:00
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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 capacity and support the broader domestic innovation ecosystem, including academia and industry.

In Budget 2025, the government indicated its intent to identify a limited number of large-scale sovereign commercial AI data centre projects and to engage with the most promising proposals through non-binding memoranda of understanding (MOU). The government will explore mechanisms that enable large‑scale commercial AI data centres to be built in Canada. This will provide additional compute capacity for the broader domestic innovation ecosystem.

AI is creating major economic opportunities across the country. Building the compute infrastructure behind AI is critical to helping Canadian businesses adopt new technologies, increase productivity, create good jobs and drive long-term economic growth. Canada is well positioned to attract AI infrastructure investment due to its geography, climate, sustainable energy sources and extensive network infrastructure.

#Canada #AI #TELUS

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