Bell Canada, Cohere, Hypertec, and BUZZ High Performance Computing, a subsidiary of Hive Digital Technologies, announced on June 18, 2026, a major AI infrastructure deal marking a significant step forward in developing and deploying advanced AI workloads on sovereign Canadian infrastructure. The collaboration brings together Bell AI Fabric's data centre and connectivity foundation, Cohere's secure enterprise-grade AI solutions and large language model capabilities, and BUZZ HPC's scalable accelerated computing infrastructure, powered by NVIDIA's DSX AI factory platform and built on hardware manufactured in Canada by Hypertec.

The four companies aim to build the conditions needed to conduct critical research and development for AI models using Canadian infrastructure with Canadian partners, reinforcing Canada's digital sovereignty and economic resilience. The announcement reflects growing collaboration among Canadian technology leaders since the launch of Bell AI Fabric and the Canadian Sovereign AI Alliance. As organizations move from AI experimentation to large-scale deployment, demand is increasing for high-performance infrastructure that enables Canadian AI, supporting greater control over data, performance and security.

Under the agreement, Bell will provide data centre capacity and connectivity services from its Merritt, British Columbia facility, purpose-built for advanced AI workloads. BUZZ HPC will deliver the AI-native cloud layer using Hypertec's Canadian-built hardware cluster and NVIDIA accelerated computing to support production-grade AI workloads, while Cohere will use the platform to operate its foundation models and support secure enterprise-grade AI solutions for government and enterprise customers. Bell AI Fabric's role in supporting sovereign AI encompasses connectivity, data centres, compute, professional services and cybersecurity to create a platform for Canadian organizations and global innovators operating in Canada.

Michel Richer, President of Bell AI Fabric, stated: "Canada has the talent and innovation to lead in AI—what's been missing is the ambition to bring the right ingredients together. This landmark deal helps close that gap. Through our partnership, Cohere will operate its AI models in Bell AI Fabric infrastructure, enabled by the combined capabilities of Hypertec and BUZZ HPC. This agreement underscores the role Bell AI Fabric is playing in helping organizations move from experimentation to production on infrastructure that is located, operated and governed in Canada."

Michael Pelosi, Country Manager Canada for Cohere, noted: "For enterprises and governments, adopting AI is not just about having access to powerful models. It's about knowing where those models run, how data is protected and whether the technology can be deployed with the security and reliability their work requires. This collaboration gives Cohere another way to support customers in Canada with advanced AI that is built for real use, on infrastructure that reflects Canadian priorities."

Don Schlidt, President of Hypertec HPC and AI, explained: "Advanced AI infrastructure requires highly engineered systems, deep technical talent and expertise, and the ability to deploy and support these solutions at scale. As an NVIDIA OEM partner, Hypertec delivers many of the industry's most advanced AI server platforms, with the ability to optimize architectures for customers' specific AI and HPC workloads. Through this partnership, we are combining cutting-edge compute infrastructure with the deployment, integration, and service capabilities required to operate next-generation AI environments reliably and efficiently."

Craig Tavares, President and Chief Operating Officer of BUZZ HPC, observed: "AI does not scale on ideas alone, it scales on data centres, specialized GPU compute, sophisticated models and operational execution. This partnership brings together a combination of capabilities that does not exist anywhere else in Canada today: Bell's national platform, Cohere's world-class enterprise AI models, Hypertec's Canadian-built GPU servers, and BUZZ's AI factory expertise and sovereign AI cloud powered by NVIDIA's full-stack AI factory platform. The early momentum behind this partnership has been overwhelming because it solves a real national gap: giving Canada the sovereign AI infrastructure required to turn ambition into impact. For Canadians, this means building the infrastructure to use AI responsibly, improve lives and compete globally. Canada helped invent modern AI. Now we are building the factories to power it."

The Honourable Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, stated: "Canada cannot compete in the global AI economy without the infrastructure, talent and partnerships to support it. This collaboration brings those elements together—linking infrastructure, compute, and advanced AI capabilities in a way that helps support organizations strengthen control over data and innovation. It reflects the strength of Canada's AI ecosystem and the importance of continued collaboration among innovators to ensure that economic growth, jobs and intellectual property are developed and retained here at home. This is the kind of progress we need to strengthen Canada's position in a rapidly evolving global landscape."

Bell is Canada's largest communications company by total revenue and customer connections, offering advanced fibre and wireless networks, enterprise services and digital media. Cohere, founded in 2019, is a security-first enterprise AI leader building foundation models and end-to-end products to solve business problems, with headquarters in Toronto and San Francisco and offices in London, New York, Montreal, Paris and Seoul. Cohere has raised approximately 1.6 billion US dollars from investors including AMD Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Oracle and Cisco, as well as institutional investors and AI pioneers including Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, Pieter Abbeel and Raquel Urtasun. Hypertec, founded in 1984, brings expertise, innovation and partnerships to technology solutions, serving clients in over 80 countries across AI, financial services, healthcare and public sectors.