April 3, 2025
TELUS to launch Canada’s leading Sovereign AI Factory, powered by NVIDIA to drive the nation’s AI future #CanadaFinance

TELUS to launch Canada’s leading Sovereign AI Factory, powered by NVIDIA to drive the nation’s AI future #CanadaFinance

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TELUS is now the first North American Service Provider to become an official NVIDIA Cloud Partner

TELUS’ AI Factory will help Canada develop domestic AI technologies, increase productivity, protect data and support businesses, making the country economically competitive and future-ready

Inaugural site in Quebec will use TELUS’ global-leading PureFibre network, powered by 99% renewable energy

Vancouver, Bc, March 18, 2025 /CNW/ – TELUS, in collaboration with NVIDIA, announced today that it plans to build Canada’s leading Sovereign AI Factory — a powerful and super-secure facility that will give Canadian businesses and researchers access to cutting-edge technology — helping them develop smarter AI products, streamline operations and stay competitive in a fast-changing world. It provides the supercomputers and software needed to train AI while keeping data safe within Canada’s borders.

Ronnie Vasishta, SVP-Telecom (NVIDIA) and Hesham Fahmy, CIO (TELUS) (CNW Group/TELUS Communications Inc.)
Ronnie Vasishta, SVP-Telecom (NVIDIA) and Hesham Fahmy, CIO (TELUS) (CNW Group/TELUS Communications Inc.)

TELUS plans to deploy NVIDIA’s latest-generation, industry-leading graphics processing units (GPUs), following NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP) Reference Architectures and software stack, at its data centre in Quebec by summer 2025, with expansion planned at its facility in British Columbia.

The Sovereign AI Factory will leverage TELUS’ high-speed, ultra-low-latency, fibre-optic network with sustainable data centres powered by 99% renewable energy sources to deliver AI as a Service (AIaaS). TELUS’ world-class data centres are designed to be three times more energy efficient for excess power usage than the industry average, using significantly less electricity to power AI computing workloads. The facilities also rely on natural cooling, cutting water consumption by more than 75% compared to traditional data centres. With these efficiency measures in place, TELUS’ Sovereign AI Factory will be one of the most sustainable AI-ready data centres in the world.

NVIDIA’s latest Hopper- and Blackwell- based supercomputers will power the AI Factory, enabling faster AI model training, fine-tuning and advanced inference capabilities. TELUS will be among the first to introduce these accelerated computing platforms to Canadaplaying a crucial role in the country’s AI ecosystem. TELUS’ Sovereign AI Factory will ensure businesses and researchers have access to the AI computing power required to scale, boost productivity and power innovation. By using this secure, high-performance AI Factory, Canadian businesses can develop local solutions to local challenges, ensuring Canadians can build, train, scale and deploy AI in a secure environment compliant with Canada’s security standards and privacy regulations.

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