Overview

• TELUS unveiled a Canadian-controlled AI compute facility in Rimouski billed as the country’s first ‘sovereign’ AI factory for model training, fine-tuning and inference.
• The site runs on NVIDIA GPUs and HPE infrastructure and is connected to TELUS’ PureFibre network for high-throughput, low-latency workloads.
• TELUS cites sustainability features including 99% renewable power, roughly three times the industry’s energy efficiency and reduced water use through natural cooling.
• Partners announced include League for AI-driven healthcare services, Accenture for regulated-industry deployments and OpenText to bring its Aviator enterprise AI.
• Questions persist about practical sovereignty as reporters raised U.S. legal reach under the Cloud Act and Patriot Act, and Canada’s AI minister did not offer a definitive answer.