Bell Canada and U.S. technology company Cisco have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on providing sovereign AI infrastructure for Canadian customers, making use of Cisco’s AI, networking, security and infrastructure technologies.
Sovereign AI infrastructure in Canada
The companies say the partnership will help Canadian organizations deploy, secure and manage AI infrastructure in Canada, while giving customers more flexibility in how they access and scale sovereign AI capacity.
The announcement is the latest in a series of Bell moves related to its growing AI and technology offerings. In June, Bell signed a deal with Cohere for the AI firm to operate its large language models through Bell AI Fabric, with support from two other companies.
Earlier this month, Bell said it intends to quadruple the size of its planned data centre project in Saskatchewan, with the expansion expected to boost the capacity of the facility to 1.2 gigawatts.
First published Sept. 29, 2026.
