TELUS: Rimouski

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Fully operational facility with prospective expansion planned

TELUS: Rimouski

Year Built: 2012
Utility Provider: Hydro-Québec
Lot Size: 13 acres
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Site History

  • December 2012: TELUS opened the CA$65 million Rimouski Internet data centre, designed to Tier III with a PUE target of 1.15.
  • March 2025: TELUS announced its Sovereign AI Factory in Rimouski, a 10,000 sq ft server module for up to 500 NVIDIA Hopper GPUs.
  • September 2025: The AI Factory opened and began serving customers.
  • November 2025: The AI Factory's HPE Cray XD670 system ranked 78th on the TOP500 list.

Project Profile

  • Operator and owner: TELUS
  • Building: single storey, 18,054 sq ft footprint
  • Site: about 12.9 acres
  • Design: Uptime Institute Tier III design and constructed facility certification (phase 1); LEED Gold target
  • Expansion: electromechanical plant built for six more modules
  • AI infrastructure: NVIDIA H200 GPUs on HPE Cray XD670 servers
  • Status: Operational

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190 rue des Négociants
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