Bell AI Fabric: Bell AI Fabric Saskatchewan

Bell AI Fabric Saskatchewan is Bell Canada’s 300 MW AI data center campus in the Rural Municipality of Sherwood, Saskatchewan, just outside Regina. The facility expands Bell AI Fabric beyond British Columbia into a national sovereign AI infrastructure network for AI training, inference, high-performance compute, GPU and LPU workloads, and Canadian-hosted enterprise AI services. The Saskatchewan campus is designed as a large-scale regional hub for advanced compute and is secured for Cerebras and CoreWeave deployments. Bell and SaskTel serve as go-to-market partners for AI-powered products and solutions in Saskatchewan, connecting the campus to provincial enterprise, public-sector, research, agriculture, energy, financial services, and critical infrastructure use cases.

The Sherwood campus is designed for 300 MW of gross power demand and will be supplied by SaskPower through a dedicated industrial feed separate from residential distribution. Bell’s community project materials describe a sealed closed-loop cooling system paired with air-cooled heat rejection, with no routine cooling-water demand, no evaporative cooling towers, and no draw on municipal water sources or groundwater for normal cooling operations. The site is positioned near existing power infrastructure, including nearby substations and utility corridors, supporting reliable delivery without a new substation. Bell is targeting a 1.3 PUE, with efficiency improvements expected through operating practices and future heat-reuse opportunities.

Bell AI Fabric Saskatchewan strengthens Canada’s domestic AI compute base by linking Regina, the Rural Municipality of Sherwood, SaskPower, SaskTel, Cerebras, CoreWeave, Bell Canada, and Bell’s national fiber backbone into a large-scale sovereign AI campus. Construction partners include Bird Construction as lead construction partner, Alton Tangedal Architect Ltd. as Architect of Record, and George Gordon Developments Ltd. for site-services work. The facility is expected to enter service in phases, with the first phase scheduled for the first half of 2027 and individual data halls entering service on a rolling basis. The campus gives Saskatchewan a major position in Canada’s AI infrastructure market while preserving Bell AI Fabric’s core focus on secure Canadian data residency, high-density compute, and advanced AI infrastructure.

🏢 Facility Highlights

1. Campus Scale: 300 MW AI data center campus in the Rural Municipality of Sherwood.
2. Regional Hub: Built as a Saskatchewan hub for advanced compute and sovereign AI infrastructure.
3. Primary Tenants: Cerebras and CoreWeave capacity secured for the facility.
4. Power Delivery: SaskPower dedicated industrial feed separate from residential distribution.
5. Construction Team: Bird Construction, Alton Tangedal Architect Ltd., and George Gordon Developments Ltd.
6. Service Rollout: First phase scheduled for the first half of 2027, with data halls entering service in stages.

🔒 Security & Compliance

1. Sovereign Infrastructure: Bell AI Fabric supports Canadian-hosted AI infrastructure and data residency.
2. Private Environments: Bell sovereign data center services include secure private caged environments.
3. Access Controls: Bell describes multi-layered physical security controls and advanced access management for sovereign AI data centers.
4. Regulated Workloads: The platform supports enterprise, government, and data-sensitive AI workloads in Canada.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

1. Bell Fiber Backbone: The campus connects into Bell’s national fiber network.
2. SaskTel Partnership: Bell and SaskTel serve as go-to-market partners for AI-powered Saskatchewan solutions.
3. AI Ecosystem Access: The facility supports compute partnerships with Cerebras and CoreWeave.
4. Network Architecture: Bell AI Fabric offers high-performance network architectures, direct AI ecosystem connectivity, and custom bandwidth options.

🌱 Sustainability & Energy

1. SaskPower Feed: Power is delivered through SaskPower via a dedicated industrial feed.
2. Closed-Loop Cooling: The facility uses sealed closed-loop cooling paired with air-cooled heat rejection.
3. Water Conservation: Normal operations do not use municipal water or groundwater for cooling.
4. No Evaporative Cooling: The design avoids evaporative cooling towers and routine cooling-water demand.
5. Efficiency Target: Bell is targeting a PUE of 1.3.
6. Heat Reuse: Bell is exploring waste-heat reuse opportunities with neighbouring postsecondary campuses and development projects.

🧠 AI Infrastructure

1. Accelerated Compute: The campus is built for high-performance AI infrastructure and advanced compute workloads.
2. Cerebras Capacity: Cerebras is secured as a tenant for the facility.
3. CoreWeave Capacity: CoreWeave is secured as a tenant for the facility.
4. Sovereign AI Services: Bell AI Fabric combines data centers, networking, security, managed services, GPUs, LPUs, and AI infrastructure partners.
5. Industry Workloads: The platform supports agriculture, energy, financial services, critical infrastructure, public sector, research, and enterprise AI workloads.

🏗️ Recent Expansions

1. Project Announcement: Bell and the Government of Saskatchewan announced the Sherwood campus on March 16, 2026.
2. Construction Partners: Bell named Bird Construction, Alton Tangedal Architect Ltd., and George Gordon Developments Ltd. on May 14, 2026.
3. Phased Delivery: The first phase is scheduled for the first half of 2027.
4. National Expansion: Saskatchewan extends Bell AI Fabric beyond its initial British Columbia supercluster