AI Compute Challenge
Supports Canadian AI infrastructure growth by funding data centre and compute initiatives through strategic commercial collaboration.
The AI Compute Challenge is a federal program administered by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada providing up to CAD 700 million to strengthen Canada's domestic AI compute infrastructure through commercial AI data centre projects. The program targets companies, industry consortia, and academic-industry partnerships to design, build, and operate fully integrated AI data-centre solu…
AI compute infrastructure — integrated AI data-centre solutions, flexible compute pricing, Canadian data sovereignty.
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