| Model | Count | Status | Organisation / role |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 (40GB) | 636 | Operational | Digital Research Alliance (Narval, Calcul Québec) |
Physical hardware: Narval’s A100 partition: 159 nodes with four GPUs each. Primary source | |||
| Partner | Accelerators | Model | Stage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohere Inc. | — | NVIDIA (model unspecified) | Awarded | Primary source · 2025-03-20 |
The government finalised a contribution of up to C$240M to Cohere’s C$725M compute project in March 2025. Cohere is the anchor tenant of the Cambridge facility that CoreWeave will build and operate.
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| CoreWeave | — | NVIDIA (model unspecified) | Awarded | Primary source · 2026-06-05 |
Will build and operate the Cambridge, Ontario compute facility for which Cohere is the anchor tenant. The C$725M project and federal contribution concern Cohere’s compute expansion.
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| Digital Research Alliance of Canada | — | — | Announced | Primary source · 2025-02-18 |
Maintains Canada’s research computing, data and software infrastructure. In February 2025, the Alliance said it was scheduled to receive C$85M for AI compute. | ||||
| Mila (Institut québécois d'intelligence artificielle) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2025-07-25 |
Works with Université Laval on the Pan-Canadian AI Compute Environment, which provides dedicated infrastructure for AI research.
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| Vector Institute | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2025-07-25 |
Works with the University of Toronto on the Pan-Canadian AI Compute Environment.
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| Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2025-07-25 |
Worked with the University of Alberta to build Vulcan, a PAICE research computing system launched in April 2025.
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| Shared Services Canada | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2025-03-20 |
Co-leads the smaller secure computing facility planned for government and industry research, including national-security work.
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| National Research Council of Canada | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2025-03-20 |
Co-leads the secure computing facility with Shared Services Canada. Its existing research infrastructure is also eligible for the near-term compute expansion.
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| Queen's University | — | — | Announced | Primary source · 2026-03-26 |
Queen’s and Simon Fraser University signed an agreement to pursue federal supercomputer funding. Their proposed model includes Bell as an infrastructure partner and depends on securing that funding.
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