Telus stakes claim in Canada's AI race with plans for Nvidia-powered data centres

Telus stakes claim in Canada's AI race with plans for Nvidia-powered data centres

Telus has announced plans to build a pair of data centres powered by Nvidia chips as it seeks to join Canada's AI race. Find out more.

Telus to launch first ‘Sovereign AI Factories’ in Rimouski and Kamloops

Telus announced Tuesday it plans to establish its first Sovereign AI Factories in Rimouski, Que., and Kamloops, B.C., with the former facility starting operations this summer followed by expansion to the latter facility. Originally announced in March, Telus’s Sovereign AI Factories are designed to be secure facilities providing Canadian businesses and researchers access to supercomputers and software needed... Read more »

Telus Data Centre in Kamloops to operate as new AI Factory

KAMLOOPS - The Telus Data Centre in Kamloops will feature an artificial intelligence (AI) factory. In a news r...

Telus details Nvidia-powered sovereign AI factory plans

Telus outlined a plan to employ Nvidia’s Hopper- and Blackwell-based supercomputers at a pair of sovereign AI factories it stated would position Canada at the forefront of innovation involving the technology. The Canadian operator stated it is the first official Nvidia Cloud Partner in North America, and the AI factories in the provinces of Quebec and British Columbia would be a significant boost to a nationwide strategy involving the technology…

TELUS and NVIDIA Collaborate to Open the First 'Sovereign AI Factory' in B.C.

Last month, Techcouver reported on a partnership between TELUS and NVIDIA. That collab included plans to establish a “Sovereign AI Factory” in Canada. Slated to launch this summer at TELUS’ Quebec data centre, the first-of-its-kind Factory is a high-security, high-performance computing facility designed to bolster AI innovation while ensuring data sovereignty. Integrating TELUS’ fibre-optic network and sustainable data centre operations, the AI …