Bell AI Fabric: Bell AI Fabric Merritt

Bell AI Fabric Merritt is Bell Canada’s Merritt, British Columbia AI data center built for sovereign AI infrastructure, accelerated GPU clusters, high-performance computing, AI training, inference, and Canadian-hosted enterprise AI workloads. The facility is part of the Bell AI Fabric national platform, which combines purpose-built AI data centers, Bell’s Canadian fiber network, managed AI services, security, and data residency. Bell selected Merritt as one of the first British Columbia sites in its AI Fabric rollout, adding Interior B.C. capacity to the platform after the first Kamloops deployment and alongside the broader hydro-powered supercluster. The Merritt facility delivers 6.5 MW of immediate gross capacity secured by BUZZ HPC, with additional power possible over time.

The facility is engineered for intensive AI compute workloads using BUZZ HPC’s specialized high-density, liquid-cooled infrastructure and accelerated GPU compute. Its workload profile includes AI inference, AI training, next-generation GPU clusters, and commercial high-performance computing. Bell AI Fabric positions the Merritt site as a sovereign Canadian compute node for organizations that require in-country AI infrastructure, secure connectivity, robust data residency, and high-density data center services. The broader AI Fabric platform supports large language models, GPUs, inference, networking, security, and managed adoption services for Canadian enterprises, researchers, and public-sector organizations.

Merritt strengthens Bell AI Fabric’s British Columbia data center supercluster with a second Interior B.C. location tied to hydro-powered AI infrastructure. Bell’s AI Fabric plan begins in British Columbia with multiple facilities and a long-term target of more than 500 MW of hydroelectric-powered AI compute capacity across the network. The Merritt site connects Bell Canada, BUZZ HPC, HIVE Digital Technologies, British Columbia, Merritt, Kamloops, Bell’s national fibre backbone, and Canadian sovereign AI infrastructure into a single production AI platform. The facility gives organizations access to domestic AI compute in a regional market positioned for clean power, network expansion, and high-density GPU deployment.

🏢 Facility Highlights

1. AI Fabric Site: Merritt is one of the first British Columbia facilities in Bell AI Fabric.
2. Power Capacity: 6.5 MW of immediate gross capacity secured by BUZZ HPC.
3. Workload Focus: AI training, inference, commercial GPU clusters, and high-performance computing.
4. Partner Deployment: BUZZ HPC powers the Merritt deployment with accelerated GPU infrastructure.
5. Platform Role: The facility is part of Bell’s national sovereign AI infrastructure network.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

1. Bell Network: The facility is backed by Bell’s national Canadian fibre backbone.
2. Sovereign Platform: AI workloads are hosted within Canadian data center infrastructure.
3. Service Stack: Bell AI Fabric combines data centers, networking, security, managed services, and AI infrastructure partners.
4. Enterprise Access: The platform supports enterprises, researchers, and government organizations using AI inference, training, and managed AI services.

🌱 Sustainability & Energy

1. B.C. Supercluster: Merritt is part of Bell’s British Columbia AI data center supercluster.
2. Hydroelectric Strategy: Bell AI Fabric’s British Columbia rollout is planned around hydroelectric-powered AI compute capacity.
3. Liquid Cooling: BUZZ HPC’s high-density, liquid-cooled infrastructure supports compute-intensive AI workloads.
4. Regional Expansion: Merritt adds Interior B.C. capacity to Bell’s clean-power AI infrastructure roadmap.

🧠 AI Infrastructure

1. GPU Clusters: BUZZ HPC is scaling next-generation GPU clusters at the Merritt facility.
2. AI Training: The site supports training workloads requiring high-density accelerated compute.
3. AI Inference: The facility supports production inference workloads within Bell AI Fabric.
4. Managed AI Platform: Customers can pair infrastructure with Bell networking, security, data residency, and managed AI services.

🛰️ Network Position

1. Interior B.C. Node: Merritt adds a second Interior British Columbia AI Fabric location after Kamloops.
2. National AI Fabric: The facility connects into Bell’s broader Canadian sovereign AI network.
3. Expansion Sequence: Public materials position Merritt as the next step in Bell AI Fabric’s data center supercluster.
4. Canadian Data Residency: The site supports domestic AI compute for regulated and data-sensitive workloads.