DCD
Summary
Telus is to deploy AI hardware at two new data centers in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The Canadian telco this week announced it was working with the Canadian Government on a ‘Sovereign AI Factory’ cluster under the federal Enabling Large-Scale Sovereign AI Data Centres initiative.
"This will serve a rapidly growing ecosystem of Canadian businesses, entrepreneurs, startups, researchers, public institutions, and government organizations that require world-class AI compute without sending their data, intellectual property, and competitive advantage outside Canadian borders.”
Entwistle said the company aims to scale its infrastructure to more than 60,000 high-performance GPUs, and will be utilizing liquid cooling and heat recovery technology.
“By recycling waste heat back into the grid, these facilities will heat more than 150,000 homes in Metro Vancouver, lowering energy costs for British Columbians and eliminating the overall carbon footprint,” he added.
Utilizing closed-loop liquid cooling, the Vancouver facilities are designed to integrate into the City of Vancouver’s Neighbourhood Energy Utility in Mount Pleasant and Creative Energy’s downtown district energy system.
Continue Reading
#MemberNewsIDEA#CityofVancouver#CreativeEnergy