Advancing Canada's AI and supercomputing ecosystem with Simon Fraser University

Montréal, QC and Burnaby, BC – September 16, 2025 – Bell and Simon Fraser University (SFU), today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on advancing Canada's artificial intelligence (AI) and sovereign supercomputing ecosystem.  

The Cedar Supercomputing Centre (CSC) located in Burnaby, British Columbia, is one of Canada's most powerful and energy-efficient research computing platforms. The CSC specializes in handling secure and sensitive data, making it a critical resource for Canadian researchers, industry, and government working on cutting-edge AI applications. Through this agreement, Bell and SFU will work to expand the CSC and provide Canadian researchers and industry users with the computational resources they need to make groundbreaking discoveries and develop innovative solutions to pressing challenges. 

The MOU will also expand research opportunities for both SFU and Bell Canada. By connecting the CSC with the future Bell AI Fabric site at TRU, the organizations will provide scalable support for industry and researchers that fosters a vibrant and competitive innovation ecosystem to retain talent and attract investment to Canada.  

This agreement will bolster Canada's sovereign AI infrastructure, promote the development of clean and sustainable data centre technologies and invest in Canada’s AI talent pipeline. By investing in Canada’s sovereign AI ecosystem, Bell and SFU will further contribute to Canada's economic resilience and national security by ensuring that Canadian organizations have access to secure, reliable and locally controlled AI resources. 

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