The institution allows Canadian organizations to develop and configure AI, while maintaining its data in Canada.
The Canadian telecommunication giant Telus opened its first “sovereign factory of AI” in Rimuski, Que., Since political attention is paid to the possibility of sovereign data of Canada.
Telus announced In March He would update the Ai Compute Power of his Rimouski object using the NVIDIA global manufacturer. The updated object launched in synchronization with the start of the event in the ALL in Technology Montreal this week is designed to help Canadian enterprises, researchers and innovators to unlock the expanded capabilities of AI, while maintaining their data under the control of Canadian control.
“We believe that this is right for Canada, and all this is part of the call of Prime Minister Carni to build Canada.”
The company helps organizations of all types to develop new models of artificial intelligence, set up existing and expand them in business operations based on payment, as you, in an interview with Betakit, chief director of Telus Hesham Fahmy.
“We don’t like to call this a data center, because the data center is just an infrastructure that is inside,” Fakhmy said. “Factory is when you really can make from this conclusion.”
Telecom has already provided partnerships with the Canadian supplier of healthcare software LeagueEnterprise Svork Form Opentext and Global Consultance Accenture to use your sovereign object. League Hit Client milestone Earlier this year, that he attributes the requirement for his proposals of artificial intelligence, and Opentext based on Kitchener-Waterloo reduced 1600 jobs to make AI with his “The number one priority.”
The centers of data processing and AI consume a well -known large amount of energy, and the demand for electricity at the data center is expected to grow by 160 percent by 2030 from an increase in the use of AI, according to May 2024 Report from Goldman Sachs. Nevertheless, Telus claims that its sovereign factory of AI operates at 99 percent of renewable energy sources, primarily due to the hydroelectric power station.
Telus promised to turn his data center in Camplups, British Colombia, into a sovereign factory of AI next time, and will continue to add more throughout the country, since the demand said Fahmi Betakit.
“We understand where we will build, how we will build, and what are the execution time,” Fahmi said. “When we see [demand] Run certain points, then we will work in the next parts of our plan. ”
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Sovereign data became a conversation point as Canada changes with changes in the United States (USA). Prime Minister -Mark Carney thought this The first priority about his large office of projects, and his importance was Repeated Minister of AI Evan Solomon is generally this week.
A Cloud act Allows the United States to force any American company to provide electronic data to its authorities, regardless of where it is stored all over the world. Fahmi told Betakit that such laws will not apply to its sovereign institution.
“He is fully belonged and controlled by Canadians and Canadian organizations [who] All reports must comply with Canadian laws and rules, ”Fahmi said, adding that Telus did not receive any federal funding, despite the application for applications for Calculate fundsField
“We are not waiting and relying on this financing,” Fahmi said. “We believe that this is correct for Canada, and all this is part of the call of Prime Minister Carni to action to action Build Canada.
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