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Can ‘Sovereign AI’ turn Canada into a computing superpower?

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The source describes Canada’s effort to build domestically controlled AI computing, with public funding and private projects aimed at keeping more data infrastructure and business in Canada. It says the federal government committed $2 billion to a Sovereign AI Compute Strategy in 2024, while companies including TELUS, Bell and HIVE are developing or operating Canadian data centres. The source notes that Canada still relies on United States-made chips and that HIVE’s expected AI revenue depends on a facility and contract becoming operational.