09:10 AM EDT, 03/25/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Bell Canada (BCE.TO) said Wednesday that it agreed to partner with HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. ( HIVE ) subsidiary BUZZ High Performance Computing (HPC) to advance sovereign AI infrastructure in Merritt, British Columbia.

BUZZ HPC has secured an immediate 6.5 MW of gross capacity at the Bell AI Fabric Merritt facility, with an option for potential additional power, Bell Canada said.

BUZZ HPC is expected to continue scaling its next-generation GPU clusters for commercial use at the Merritt facility, which is scheduled to come online in the coming weeks.

Bell Canada said the partnership is part of its goal to grow its revenue from AI-powered solutions to C$2 billion by 2028.