Collaborating with Celestica to advance Canada’s sovereign AI infrastructure

MONTREAL, April 22, 2026 – Bell Canada and Celestica Inc. today announced a collaboration to advance the development of a Canadian sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure stack. 

Bell and Celestica will work together to help define and advance a sovereign approach to AI infrastructure designed to support sensitive workloads, particularly for governments and regulated industries, including Canadian and allied manufacturing and integration capacity. 

The collaboration combines Bell’s full-stack AI offering—anchored by its national fibre network, data centre infrastructure, software, cloud capabilities, professional services and partner ecosystem—with Celestica’s trusted hardware supply chain for sovereign AI infrastructure built in Canada, including switching, storage, rack integration, thermal management and power infrastructure, backed by a secure supply chain. 

By combining Celestica’s traceable, lifecycle-managed hardware and Canadian manufacturing capacity with Bell’s Canadian-hosted infrastructure and operating models, the collaboration aims to support governments and regulated industries deploying AI workloads that must remain in Canada, under Canadian control. 

Read the full press release. To find out more about our Bell AI Fabric and capabilities, contact your Bell representative or visit the Bell AI Fabric page.