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Bell Canada and Cohere have announced a strategic partnership to deliver sovereign, full-stack AI solutions for Canadian government and businesses.
The collaboration focuses on domestic data residency, security-first AI, and aligns with Canada’s national push for AI infrastructure sovereignty.
Bell AI Fabric will host Cohere’s agentic AI platform North and advanced large language models in six new hydro-powered data centres located in British Columbia, targeting 500 megawatts of capacity by 2027.
Bell Canada has joined forces with Toronto-based AI leader Cohere to launch a new standard for sovereign AI infrastructure in Canada. This isn’t just another tech deal—it’s a shift in how Canadian organizations, especially those in regulated sectors, can leverage artificial intelligence while keeping their data secure, local, and entirely under national control.
“At a critical time for Canada, we’re proud to partner with Cohere to create a sovereign, full-stack AI solution, custom-built to support Canadian government and business. Working together, we will both transform Canadian businesses through cutting edge AI capabilities, while ensuring that the data remains secure and within Canada.”
–Mirko Bibic, President and CEO, Bell Canada
At the heart of this partnership is the Bell AI Fabric. Announced earlier this year, it’s a nation-spanning network of AI-supercharged data centers running on clean hydroelectric power. The first of these centres opened in Kamloops, BC, with more on the way, aiming for a massive 500 MW of AI compute capacity by 2027. This gigantic leap means governments and enterprises can now build, deploy, and scale their AI capabilities all within Canadian borders—no data crossing oceans, no waiting for approvals from foreign regulators.
With Cohere’s North platform and custom large language models running on Bell’s infrastructure, organizations get access to world-class artificial intelligence (AI) tools, all hosted securely in Canada. This addresses some of the top worries for government, finance, and healthcare: data sovereignty, privacy, and compliance with strict national standards. As demand for AI ramps up, keeping sensitive information local isn’t just smart—it’s sometimes required by law.
This partnership is tightly aligned with Canada’s Sovereign AI Compute Strategy, a federally-backed initiative pumping over $2 billion into building up the country’s AI muscle. Cohere alone is receiving up to $240 million for new infrastructure, including data centres, through partnerships with homegrown and North American cloud pioneers.
Government ministers are already celebrating this as a major leap, matching Canada’s AI ambitions with real, boots-on-the-ground investments.
For Bell, this collaboration with Cohere supercharges its technology consulting arm, Ateko, as it aims to become a $1-billion tech powerhouse. The synergy is clear: Cohere supplies the cutting-edge AI tools, Bell supplies the scale, security, and nationwide network, plus consulting and services that organizations need to turn AI potential into productivity gains.
If there’s a theme, it’s about enabling innovation on Canada’s terms. The days of relying on foreign servers and vendors for the backbone of national digital strategy are fading. With Bell and Cohere, Canada is setting a template for a sovereign, citizen-first approach to AI, ensuring reliability, privacy, and homegrown technical strength.
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