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 to train AI and to help develop AI products, while keeping data safe within Canada’s borders. “As the first North American service provider to become an official NVIDIA Cloud Partner, TELUS will deploy NVIDIA’s latest Hopper- and Blackwell-based supercomputers at these facilities,” a Telus press...