Bell AI data centre in Sask. expanding, set to bring in over $50B in investment

Global News · collected 2026-09-14 · by Globalnews Digital
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Bell Canada is expanding its data centre project in Saskatchewan from its original plan, now aiming for a 1.2 gigawatt capacity, which will be the largest capital investment in the province’s history at over $50 billion. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Scott Moe at the Canada Investment Summit, highlighting that this expansion will create up to 3,800 jobs and emphasize the importance of keeping Canadian data within national borders.
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Bell Canada announced plans to quadruple its AI data center project near Regina, Saskatchewan, at an investment summit in Toronto. The expansion would bring the power capacity from 300 megawatts to up to 1.2 gigawatts and increase capital investment to over $50 billion, making it the largest private investment in Saskatchewan's history. The project is expected to create up to 500 permanent jobs and an estimated 3,000 additional positions. Premier Scott Moe praised Bell for choosing Saskatchewan, citing its favorable business environment.

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🔮 “This deal is absolutely not in Newfoundland and Labrador’s best interest,” said William Wells, who was CEO of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro from 1996 until 2004.
🔮 Bell is quadrupling a previously announced data centre project in Saskatchewan that is expected to bring in more than $50 billion in capital investment.
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Bell Bell Canada Canada Canadians Saskatchewan

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Saskatchewan GPE · 6× Canada GPE · 3× Bell PERSON · 2× Canadians NORP · 2× Carney PERSON · 2× Bell Canada ORG · 1× Jean Chrétien PERSON · 1× Mark Carney PERSON · 1× Scott Moe PERSON · 1× Stephen Harper PERSON · 1×

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The Saskatchewan government said in a press release 300 megawatts will be sourced from the provincial grid and the project “includes a phased development of up to 900 MW of additional capacity provided by Bell through Saskatchewan’s Bring Your Own Power principle.” The release said the project will lead to up to 500 permanent jobs and an estimated 3,000 additional positions “in areas including security, logistics and maintenance.”
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🔮 Bell is quadrupling a previously announced data centre project in Saskatchewan that is expected to bring in more than $50 billion in capital investment.

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Bell is quadrupling a previously announced data centre project in Saskatchewan that is expected to bring in more than $50 billion in capital investment. asserted
that → quadruple → investment
Bell Canada intends to quadruple the size of its planned data centre project in Saskatchewan, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe announced Monday at an event at Canada’s first ever investment summit on Monday. asserted
Carney → intend → Monday
Carney said the project is expected to bring in more than $50 billion in capital investment, and amounts to the largest capital investment in Saskatchewan’s history. “It is the largest sovereign AI infrastructure network in Canada,” Carney said at the announcement, which was also attended by former prime ministers Jean Chrétien and Stephen Harper. asserted
which → say → ministers
Get breaking National news The expansion will boost the capacity of the data centre to 1.2 gigawatts. asserted
expansion → get → gigawatts
The Saskatchewan government said in a press release 300 megawatts will be sourced from the provincial grid and the project “includes a phased development of up to 900 MW of additional capacity provided by Bell through Saskatchewan’s Bring Your Own Power principle.” The release said the project will lead to up to 500 permanent jobs and an estimated 3,000 additional positions “in areas including security, logistics and maintenance.” asserted
project → say → security
“More and more, the information Canadians depend on, our personal information, our financial information, commercial information, it is being stored in these centres,” Moe said Monday. asserted
Moe → depend → centres
“So I would say, as Canadians, we have a choice. asserted
we → say → choice
Do we build the infrastructure necessary to keep Canadian data in Canada? asserted
we → build → Canada
Or do we leave our data sovereignty in the hands of other countries?” asserted
we → leave → countries
The Canada Investment Summit kicked off in Toronto on Monday, bringing in some of the world’s biggest asset managers and other major foreign investors trying to sell them on putting their money toward projects in multiple sectors, including energy, critical minerals and defence. asserted
Summit → kick → energy
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