TELUS and L-SPARK announced a partnership to give Canadian startups access to the TELUS Sovereign AI Factory, the country’s most powerful supercomputer. The initiative addresses a key constraint facing domestic AI firms: limited access to high-performance compute without relying on foreign infrastructure.
Powered by NVIDIA H200 GPUs and Quantum 2 InfiniBand networking, the facility enables startups to train and deploy models under Canadian jurisdiction. TELUS CIO Hesham Fahmy said the collaboration keeps sensitive data, intellectual property, and economic value in Canada. The program prioritizes regulated sectors such as healthcare, finance, and public services, expanding enterprise-grade AI infrastructure to companies of all sizes nationwide.
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