"“We are taking concrete action to build sovereign AI capacity here in Canada, so Canadian innovators, researchers and businesses have access to the compute they need, while keeping Canadian data, intellectual property and economic advantage on Canadian soil,” Solomon said."
"“We are taking concrete action to build sovereign AI capacity here in Canada, so Canadian innovators, researchers and businesses have access to the compute they need, while keeping Canadian data, intellectual property and economic advantage on Canadian soil,” Solomon said. Telus says the Kamloops project and the first Vancouver project, located at the former Hootsuite headquarters in Mount Pleasant, will come online later this year. A second facility at 150 West Georgia Street is planned for 2029."
"Telus says the Kamloops project and the first Vancouver project, located at the former Hootsuite headquarters in Mount Pleasant, will come online later this year. A second facility at 150 West Georgia Street is planned for 2029. The project will begin with an 85 megawatt power draw, scaling up to 150 megawatts by 2032."
"Telus says the facilities will run on 98 per cent clean hydro power and recycle enough waste energy to heat 150,000 homes. Telus says the projects will also use 90 per cent less water than a traditional data centre, and that it is working on plans to incorporate recycled water from B.C. Place stadium."
Vancouver and Kamloops will host a new Telus data centre cluster under a federal partnership. The plan expands Telus’s Kamloops facility and builds two new data centres in Vancouver through Ottawa’s Enabling large-scale sovereign AI data centres initiative. The project aims to increase Canada’s sovereign compute capacity so Canadian innovators, researchers, and businesses can compete in the global AI economy while keeping Canadian data and intellectual property on Canadian soil. The first Vancouver site will be at the former Hootsuite headquarters in Mount Pleasant and is expected to come online later this year. A second Vancouver facility is planned for 2029. Power demand will start at 85 megawatts and scale to 150 megawatts by 2032. Telus states the sites will use 98% clean hydro power, recycle waste energy to heat 150,000 homes, and use 90% less water than a traditional data centre, with plans to incorporate recycled water from B.C. Place.
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