Pranav Hotkar
Montréal, Quebec, Canada - May 14, 2026 - Bell Canada has named the next set of construction and development partners for its 300MW AI data center campus in Saskatchewan, while formalizing a long-term national infrastructure partnership with Bird Construction to accelerate a broader Canada-wide AI data center rollout.
The facility, located in the Rural Municipality of Sherwood near Regina, forms a central part of Bell AI Fabric’s strategy to build sovereign AI infrastructure within Canada as demand for large-scale compute capacity continues to surge. Bell said the project will provide infrastructure capacity for AI customers, including Cerebras and CoreWeave, with the first operational phase expected to launch during the first half of 2027.
Bird Construction has been selected as the lead construction partner for the project, while Regina-based Alton Tangedal Architect Ltd. will serve as the architect of record. George Gordon Developments Ltd. has also been engaged to support site services and Indigenous business participation initiatives tied to the development.
Bell described the Sherwood campus as the first deployment under a new long-term strategic agreement with Bird Construction, which will now act as Bell’s preferred construction partner for future AI Fabric developments across Canada. The agreement establishes a framework for potential multi-year collaboration on hyperscale AI infrastructure projects nationwide.
“Canada’s AI economy needs world-class digital infrastructure,” said Dan Rink, president of Bell AI Infrastructure and Strategy, adding that the partnership gives Bell the scale and execution capability needed to support future AI infrastructure expansion across the country.
The project also reflects Bell’s increasing focus on sovereign AI infrastructure as governments and enterprises seek domestically operated compute environments for AI training and inference workloads. Canada has recently intensified efforts to expand localized AI infrastructure amid growing geopolitical concerns surrounding compute access, data residency, and hyperscale dependence on foreign cloud providers.
The Saskatchewan facility was first announced earlier this year through a partnership involving Bell, SaskPower, SaskTel, and the Government of Saskatchewan. Once fully completed, the site is expected to become the largest purpose-built AI data center development in Canada.
Bird Construction CEO Teri McKibbon said the partnership strengthens the company’s growing mission-critical infrastructure business and positions Bird to support increasingly complex AI data center developments requiring integrated electrical, mechanical, civil, and systems engineering expertise.
Bell also emphasized regional economic participation as part of the project. George Gordon Developments’ involvement expands on an earlier agreement between Bell and George Gordon First Nation focused on Indigenous procurement opportunities, workforce development, and local economic participation tied to the campus buildout.
The announcement comes as hyperscale AI infrastructure investment accelerates across North America. AI-focused campuses are increasingly requiring hundreds of megawatts of dedicated power capacity alongside advanced cooling systems and high-density GPU deployment environments. Industry analysts view access to power-rich locations, construction expertise, and long-term infrastructure financing as becoming key competitive differentiators in the global AI race.
As part of the strategic partnership agreement, Bird Construction will issue Bell warrants to acquire up to 2.625 million common shares in the company over seven years, tied partly to delivery milestones for the Sherwood project and future AI infrastructure deployments.
