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Bell Canada to turn Winnipeg food processing plant into AI data center
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Works are underway to convert a former protein-processing plant in Winnipeg, Canada, into an AI data center for Bell Canada.
Key facts
- The data center is expected to have 5.5MW of capacity at completion, and will see the company investing around $23 million
- The plant originally opened in 2021, having cost some $109.55m to construct, but two years later, Merit went into receivership
- Bell is also working with Hive Digital Technologies' Buzz HPC to bring AI infrastructure to the country, with deployments in Merritt, British Columbia, and in Manitoba, Canada
- Works are underway to convert a former protein-processing plant in Winnipeg, Canada, into an AI data center for Bell Canada
Summary
As reported by CBC, the data center will be part of Bell's "AI Fabric" network, in which the company is establishing several data centers across the country. The data center is expected to have 5.5MW of capacity at completion, and will see the company investing around $23 million. Works are currently underway, including modifying the walls of the existing plant so it can serve as a data center, and constructing concrete pads to support the necessary generators, chillers, and transformers. The site in question is located in the CentrePort industrial development and is the former home of Merit Functional Foods, which processed peas and canola into protein.