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Bell Canada Plans AI Data Center at Former Winnipeg Food Plant

Work is underway to convert a former protein-processing plant in Winnipeg, Canada, into an AI data center for Bell Canada. According to CBC, the facility will form part of Bell’s “AI Fabric” network, under which the company is developing multiple data centers across the country.The data center...

April 29, 2026

Canada

Saab Proposes Combined data Center and Fighter Jet Deal to Canada

Saab is offering a sovereign data center deployment to the Canadian military as part of a package tied to its fighter jet proposal. As reported by CBC News, the Swedish defense company is hoping that the inclusion of a data center—designed to keep sensitive data outside the control of US firms...

April 18, 2026

Canada

Canadian Data Center Firm Virtual Grid Unveils Modular Prototype

Canadian data center company Virtual Grid has launched a prototype modular “compute node.”The unit is designed to function as both a virtual data center and a virtual power plant, and is set to be deployed across Western Canada, including British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. ...

March 16, 2026

Canada

1GW Data Center Campus Proposed in Alberta, Canada

The town of Olds this week announced that Synapse Data Center Inc. has proposed a 1GW data center development. The campus, according to the company and filings with the Alberta government, would total ten 100MW buildings and some two million sq ft (185,805 sqm) of space.The campus could see in...

January 30, 2026

Canada

Canada's Government Calls for Firms to Build 100MW+ AI Data Centers

Canada’s government has put out a call for businesses interested in building large-scale AI data centers as it is looking for industry partners interested in constructing data centers with a capacity of more than 100MW in Canada.Evan Solomon, Canada’s AI minister, said his government is “takin...

January 24, 2026

Canada

TNE Partners with Data District to Support 1GW Data Center Pipeline in Canada

Technologies New Energy (TNE) has partnered with Data District to support the development of AI-ready data centers in Alberta, Canada. According to the partners, the data centers will be designed to support advanced computing workloads, including high-density AI applications.Julio Perez, chief...

December 18, 2025

Canada

Jet.AI Details Plans for 350-Acre Data Center Campus in Winnipeg, Canada

Jet.AI Inc., a company pivoting from aviation software and services into data centers, has provided more details on a planned campus in Canada. The company last week announced that it aims to develop a 350-acre site 10 miles south of Winnipeg, Manitoba.“[The site] sits adjacent to an electrica...

December 10, 2025

Canada

Alberta Gov't Proposes Bill to Incentivize Self Powered Data Center

The Canadian province of Alberta has proposed a new bill to incentivize the development of self-powered data centers. If passed, Bill 8, also known as the Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, would create a new framework that would allow data center developers to power their installations t...

December 01, 2025

Canada

Telesat Invests $5m in Farcast

Canadian satellite firm Telesat has announced an expanded relationship with longtime collaborator Farcast, tasking the firm with building its enterprise-class flat panel antenna user terminals and making it ready for volume production.“Our collaboration with Telesat has been a cornerstone of o...

November 13, 2025

Canada

Canada's British Columbia to Limit Data Center Energy Use

The Government of British Columbia in Canada will limit the state’s data center energy usage and ban new cryptomining projects. The government stated that it would introduce legislation and regulations to “address unprecedented demand for electricity and ensure that BC and Canadian economic in...

October 20, 2025

Canada

Rogers Sells Data Center Business to InfraRed Capital

Canadian telecoms firm Rogers this week announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Rogers Communications’ data center business, on behalf of InfraRed’s value-add strategy. Rogers said it will continue to sell data center services on behalf of InfraRed and will provide netw...

August 14, 2025

Canada

eStruxture Secures US$1 Billion in Data Center ABS Financing

eStruxture Data Centers this week announced CA$1.35bn (US$967.9m) in financing to fund the development of AI-ready data centers across Canada. The financing includes the first rated, Canadian asset-only data center securitization, raising a total of C$750m (US$542.8m) from its inaugural issuan...

August 01, 2025

Canada

Jet.AI Partners with Consensus Core for Canadian Data Centers

Jet.AI Inc., a company pivoting from aviation software and services into data centers, this week announced that it and Consensus Core Technologies, a Canadian provider of GPU infrastructure and AI cloud services, have executed a definitive agreement to jointly develop a phased hyperscale data ...

June 27, 2025

Canada

BW Group Launches 'Sustainable' Data Center Development Firm

BW Group subsidiaries, BW Digital and BW ESS, have launched a new company focused on the development of ‘sustainable’ data centers in the Nordics and Canada. BW Velora will leverage the digital infrastructure expertise of BW Digital with BW ESS’ extensive experience developing energy infrastru...

June 18, 2025

Canada

Canadian Indian Reserve Wiikwemkoong Installs Data Center

Canadian Indian reserve Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory has installed a data center at its administration building which looks to be a containerized facility. The data center is part of the territory's goal of working towards data sovereignty, and will also be used to "digitally preserve and sh...

May 31, 2025

Canada

Canadian government to support quantum technology projects with CA$74m

The Canadian government has announced more than CA$74 million (US$52 million) in funding for quantum technology projects which will be used to support 107 initiatives spanning quantum computing, communications, encryption, materials, and sensing.The government said the funding package aligns w...

January 23, 2025

Canada

World Wide Technology to buy ITSP Softchoice

Canadian IT services provider Softchoice is set to be acquired by digital infrastructure provider World Wide Technology (WWT). The all-cash deal will see St. Louis-based WWT pay CA$24.50 per share to acquire Softchoice. The deal has been approved by the Softchoice board, and will now require t...

January 05, 2025

Canada

Legrand acquires Power Bus Way

Legrand has acquired Power Bus Way, a specialist in Cable Bus power busbars, primarily for data centers. The company employs more than 120 people and generates an annual revenue of around €70 million ($73.5m), mainly in the United States and Canada.Benoît Coquart, CEO of Legrand, said: "Today ...

December 06, 2024

Canada

Bell Canada to acquire Ziply Fiber for about $7bn

Bell Canada has agreed to acquire US fiber company Ziply Fiber as part of Bell's plans to expand its fiber footprint across North America and over the border into the US. Bell noted that the value of the deal is worth approximately C$5 billion ($3.6bn) in cash, plus the assumption of debt, res...

November 06, 2024

Canada

Canada announces $362m funding for SREPs

The Canadian Ministry of Energy has announced up to CAD$500 million ($362.1m) in funding for its Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways program (SREPs) Utility Support Stream. The program received nearly CAD$2.9 billion ($2.1bn) in the Canadian government's 2023 budget to support clean ...

October 16, 2024

Canada

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