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

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Digital, G. (2026, September 14). Bell AI data centre in Sask. expanding, set to bring in over $50B in investment. Global News. https://globalnews.ca/news/12058872/bell-ai-data-centre-expanding-saskatchewan/

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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 previously proposed AI data centre project near Regina, Saskatchewan, during an investment summit in Toronto on Monday. The expansion will increase the facility's capacity from 300 megawatts (MW) to 1.2 gigawatts (GW), making it the largest private capital investment in Saskatchewan’s history, expected to bring over $50 billion in investment. Premier Scott Moe and Prime Minister Mark Carney praised the project for its potential economic impact, including up to 500 permanent jobs and an estimated 3,000 additional positions in various support roles. The project will also utilize Saskatchewan’s "Bring Your Own Power" principle, with Bell providing up to 900 MW of additional capacity through independent power generation sources.

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

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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

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