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Bell and Celestica collaborate to advance Canadian sovereign AI infrastructure
Bell and Celestica collaborate to advance Canadian sovereign AI infrastructure Canada New...
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Bell and Celestica collaborate to advance Canadian sovereign AI infrastructure /* Style Definitions */ span.prnews_span { font-size:8pt; font-family:"Arial"; color:black; } a.prnews_a { color:blue; } li.prnews_li { font-size:8pt; font-family:"Arial"; color:black; } p.prnews_p { font-size:0.62em; font-family:"Arial"; color:black; margin:0in; } .prnrbrb0{ BORDER-RIGHT:black 0pt } .prnml4{ MARGIN-TOP:0em; MARGIN-RIGHT:0em; MARGIN-BOTTOM:0em; MARGIN-LEFT:0.33em !IMPORTANT } .prnsbtb0{ BORDER-TOP:black 0pt } .prntac{ TEXT-ALIGN: CENTER } .prnml40{ MARGIN-LEFT:3.33em !IMPORTANT } .prnbcc{ BORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE } .prnpr2{ PADDING-RIGHT:0.17em } .prnpl2{ PADDING-LEFT:0.17em } .prnsbbb0{ BORDER-BOTTOM:black 0pt } .prnsblb0{ BORDER-LEFT:black 0pt } Canada NewsWire Framework brings Celestica's AI hardware, manufacturing and supply chain capabilities into Bell AI Fabric to support government and regulated industries.MONTREAL, April 22, 2026 /CNW/ - Bell (TSX: BCE), Canada's largest communications company1, and Celestica Inc. (NYSE: CLS) (TSX: CLS), a global leader in data center infrastructure and advanced technology solutions, today announced a collaboration to advance the development of a Canadian sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure stack. Bell and Celestica will work together to help define and advance a sovereign approach to AI infrastructure designed to support sensitive workloads, particularly for governments and regulated industries, including Canadian and allied manufacturing and integration capacity.The collaboration combines Bell's full-stack AI offering—anchored by its national fibre network, data center infrastructure, software, cloud capabilities, professional services and partner ecosystem—with Celestica's trusted hardware supply chain for sovereign AI infrastructure, including switching, storage, rack integration, thermal management and power infrastructure.By combining Celestica's traceable, lifecycle‑managed hardware and Canadian manufacturing expertise with Bell's Canadian‑hosted infrastructure and operating models, the collaboration aims to support governments and regulated industries deploying AI workloads that must remain in Canada, under Canadian control.Quotes"A trusted, sovereign AI ecosystem can't be built by any one company alone – it requires infrastructure, secure facilities and...