Construction begins on Bell AI data centre at Thompson Rivers University, half dedicated to academic research
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Construction has begun on a 30,000-square-foot AI data centre at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in Kamloops, as part of Bell Canada's Bell AI Fabric. The facility is designed to provide computing capacity for AI applications, not data storage. Approximately half of the computing capacity will support academic research, while the other half will support enterprise AI services in Canada through Bell's compute partners. TRU reaffirmed its sustainability goals in connection with the project.
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bskyConstruction begins on Bell AI data centre at Thompson Rivers University, half dedicated to academic researchcfjctoday.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe 30,000-square-foot facility is designed to provide computing capacity for AI applications and that it 'does not serve as a data storage centre.'
Approximately half of the computing capacity at the data centre will support academic research, while the rest will support enterprise AI services in Canada through Bell's compute partners.
When we refer to enterprise AI services, we are referring to computing infrastructure that
KAMLOOPS - Shovels are in the ground and work is underway on a new AI data centre at Thompson Rivers Universit...
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