Status: Announced / Under Site Prep & Construction Phase | Location: Old 16 Road, Richardson, RM of Sherwood No. 159, SK S4S 7K1, Canada
The BCE Richardson Data Center Campus, also known as Bell AI Fabric Saskatchewan, represents a major $1.7 billion USD ($2.3 billion CAD) AI infrastructure development launched by Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE Inc.) in Richardson and the Rural Municipality of Sherwood within the Regina submarket of Saskatchewan, Canada. Spanning a 160-acre footprint, the multi-phase mega-campus is master-planned to deliver 300 MW of total critical IT capacity across multiple 50 MW data hall buildings designed specifically to support sovereign Canadian artificial intelligence, enterprise cloud, and high-performance computing workloads. The development is positioned as a significant addition to Canada’s rapidly expanding AI infrastructure landscape, providing the physical capacity required for advanced computing applications, large-scale AI workloads, cloud platforms, and data-intensive enterprise services. Its phased campus design allows infrastructure to be developed progressively, providing flexibility to align future capacity with customer demand and technological requirements. The project’s focus on sovereign Canadian infrastructure is particularly relevant for organizations seeking to host sensitive data, AI models, and enterprise workloads within Canada. Located within the Regina-area digital infrastructure market, the campus can benefit from regional telecommunications connectivity, utility infrastructure, transportation networks, and Saskatchewan’s established industrial base. The large site also provides sufficient space for supporting electrical, mechanical, network, and operational infrastructure required by a high-density AI campus. Bell’s involvement further connects the project to the company’s broader telecommunications and digital infrastructure capabilities across Canada. As artificial intelligence and high-performance computing drive unprecedented demand for specialized data center capacity, the Richardson campus could become an important regional platform for Canadian AI development. If delivered according to its master plan, the project would significantly expand Saskatchewan’s digital infrastructure capacity while supporting Canada’s broader ambitions to develop secure, scalable, and domestically controlled AI and cloud computing resources.
| Field | Value |
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| Project Name | Bell Canada BCE Richardson Data Center Saskatchewan – 300 MW AI Hub |
| Location | Old 16 Road, Richardson, RM of Sherwood No. 159, SK S4S 7K1, Canada |
| Status | Announced / Under Site Prep & Construction Phase |
| Project Type | Greenfield Sovereign AI & Enterprise Hyperscale Colocation Campus |
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| Header | Details |
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| City Name | Richardson |
| Population | Not separately reported as an incorporated city |
| Urban Agglomeration | Winnipeg metropolitan area |
| Economic Profile | 🔒 Detailed city intelligence available to subscribers |
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