Bell Canada is expanding its national AI infrastructure with plans to build a 300-megawatt data centre campus in Saskatchewan, a project that could become the largest purpose-built AI data centre development in Canada.
The new facility will be located in the Rural Municipality of Sherwood, just outside Regina, and forms part of Bell’s broader AI Fabric initiative, which aims to create a national digital backbone capable of supporting advanced artificial intelligence workloads across the country.
Developed in partnership with the Government of Saskatchewan, the project is expected to significantly expand Canada’s domestic AI compute capacity while positioning the province as a key hub for emerging AI infrastructure.
Construction is scheduled to begin this spring, with the data centre coming online in phases. The first stage is expected to enter service in the first half of 2027, with individual data halls added on a rolling basis as capacity grows.
The 300MW campus will host AI cloud infrastructure from Cerebras and CoreWeave, which have secured tenancy at the site. Cerebras will provide wafer-scale AI computing technology for large-scale model training and inference, while CoreWeave will deploy GPU-based AI compute systems.
Bell says a significant portion of the facility’s capacity will be reserved for sovereign AI workloads, allowing Canadian governments, enterprises, and research institutions to access high-performance compute while ensuring data residency within Canada.
The project will connect directly to Bell’s national fibre backbone through a partnership with SaskTel, enabling AI services and infrastructure to be delivered across the region.
Economically, the development is projected to generate up to $12 billion in long-term value for Saskatchewan, including job creation, tax revenue, and broader ecosystem growth. Construction is expected to support at least 800 engineering and trades jobs, while the operational facility will create approximately 80 permanent roles, with additional indirect employment in surrounding communities.
Bell also plans to collaborate with local institutions including Saskatchewan Polytechnic and the University of Regina, while partnering with George Gordon First Nation to support Indigenous procurement and workforce development.
Designed with sustainability in mind, the campus will use a closed-loop cooling system that avoids municipal water consumption, and discussions are underway to reuse waste heat through a district energy system serving nearby developments and university campuses.
The project marks Bell’s largest-ever investment in Saskatchewan and reflects the growing role of large-scale data centres as foundational infrastructure for Canada’s AI economy.