Bell and Cisco to collaborate on sovereign AI infrastructure for Canada
The companies plan to assess deployment and commercial options; the collaboration is set out in a memorandum of understanding.
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Bell (BCE) and Cisco are collaborating on Canadian AI infrastructure under a memorandum of understanding.
The companies will explore combining Bell’s Canadian data centre capacity, connectivity and operations with Cisco’s AI infrastructure and security technologies. They will assess modular deployments for AI training and inference, along with commercial models that align customer costs with infrastructure use or reservations. The work is intended to give Canadian organizations more control over where critical systems and data are located and managed.
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Companies sign MOU to collaborate on a sovereign AI infrastructure offering combining Bell data centres and networks with Cisco's AI, security, observability, infrastructure monitoring and management, and Sovereign Critical Infrastructure technologies
Together, the companies will work on a practical approach intended to help Canadian organizations deploy, secure and manage AI infrastructure in
As more organizations deploy AI at scale, the need for infrastructure that can support sensitive workloads, meet strict security requirements and operate close to home is growing. Through this collaboration, Bell and Cisco will aim to address the needs of customers in government, regulated industries and other sectors where trust, control and resilience are critical.
Helping organizations run AI securely in
Bell and Cisco will focus on solution architectures that can support different AI workloads, including training and inference, while giving customers more choice and control over where critical systems and data are located, secured and managed.
The collaboration will focus on three core areas:
- Building a Canadian platform for sovereign AI: Bell and Cisco will work to bring together Bell's Canadian data centre space, power, cooling, physical security, connectivity and operations services with Cisco AI infrastructure, security, observability, management and Sovereign Critical Infrastructure portfolio of technologies.
- Supporting modular AI infrastructure deployments: Bell and Cisco will assess how Cisco AI PODs architectures, which provide modular building blocks for different AI workloads, and relevant capabilities from Cisco's Sovereign Critical Infrastructure portfolio can be combined with Canadian infrastructure, connectivity and operations services.
- Developing flexible commercial models: Bell and Cisco will assess flexible consumption models, so customers can better align costs with how they use or reserve AI infrastructure.
Advancing trusted AI infrastructure in
The collaboration builds on Bell's work through Bell AI Fabric and Cisco's sovereign AI infrastructure advancements to help expand the capabilities needed for trusted AI adoption in
Quotes
"Bell is focused on helping turn sovereign AI from ambition into infrastructure Canadian organizations can use. That requires secure Canadian data centre capacity, high-performance connectivity, operational expertise and trusted technology working together. Through this collaboration with Cisco, we will work to make it easier to deploy and scale sovereign AI infrastructure for customers that need greater control, resilience and confidence in the systems behind their most critical workloads."
- John Watson, Group President, Business Markets, Bell Cyber, AI Fabric and Ateko
"Cisco's Sovereign Critical Infrastructure portfolio is designed to give customers more choice in how they build, secure and manage the digital environments that support critical operations. By working with Bell, we can bring those capabilities together with Canadian data centre capacity, connectivity and operations to support sovereign AI infrastructure that is configurable, secure and easier for organizations to deploy with confidence."
- Raj Juneja, President, Cisco Canada
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CAUTION CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements made in this news release are forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the memorandum of understanding between Bell and Cisco, including the expected benefits of the collaboration and other statements that are not historical facts. All such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the "safe harbour" provisions of applicable Canadian securities laws and of
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What will Bell and Cisco work on in their Canadian AI infrastructure collaboration?
Bell and Cisco will assess how to combine their Canadian infrastructure, AI technologies and operations services. Their work will also cover modular deployments for different AI workloads and commercial models that align customer costs with infrastructure use or reservations.