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TELUS Sovereign AI Factory named Canada's fastest and most powerful supercomputer

By The Northwire Desk — AI Analysis Nov 17, 2025 · 14:00 T · 20.38 TELUS CORPORATION
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Executive Summary

  • TELUS announced that its TELUS Sovereign AI Factory in Rimouski, Quebec has been ranked Canada’s fastest and most powerful supercomputer and placed 78th globally on the TOP500 list.
  • The system achieved a performance score of 22.74 teraFLOPS (22.74 quadrillion calculations per second) using NVIDIA H200 GPUs, NVIDIA Quantum‑2 InfiniBand, and HPE ProLiant Compute XD hardware.
  • TELUS highlights the facility’s role in accelerating AI/ML, healthcare research, climate modeling, and network optimization for Canadian public and private sector customers.

Key Details

  • Ranking: 1st in Canada; 78th worldwide on the TOP500 list (published twice yearly).
  • Performance Metric: 22.74 teraFLOPS measured via High‑Performance LINPACK (HPL) benchmark.
  • Hardware Platform: Partnership with HPE; powered by NVIDIA H200 GPUs and NVIDIA Quantum‑2 InfiniBand interconnects; utilizes HPE ProLiant Compute XD servers.
  • Strategic Significance: Demonstrates TELUS’s sovereign, Canadian‑controlled AI infrastructure capability; only Canadian telecom provider to achieve this distinction.
  • Applications Enabled:
  • Advanced AI model training, fine‑tuning, and inference for customer experience solutions.
  • Healthcare innovation including drug discovery, genomic analysis, and complex medical research.
  • Climate modeling and environmental sustainability initiatives.
  • Network optimization for telecommunications service delivery.
  • Quotes:
  • Darren Entwistle, President & CEO, TELUS: “This international recognition…represents a defining moment for TELUS and for our country’s position in the rapidly advancing global technology landscape.”
  • Trish Damkroger, SVP & GM, HPC & AI Infrastructure Solutions, HPE: “Powered by HPE ProLiant Compute XD, the TELUS Sovereign AI Factory is playing a critical role in helping Canadian organizations solve engineering problems and drive scientific breakthroughs.”

Notable Quotes

  • “This acknowledgment further reinforces that Canada’s advanced sovereign infrastructure can compete with – and indeed surpass – the most formidable supercomputers on the planet.” – Darren Entwistle, President & CEO, TELUS
  • “TELUS’ industry‑leading sovereign AI system was designed by HPE to apply our supercomputing expertise to advance public and private sector innovation.” – Trish Damkroger, SVP & GM, HPC & AI Infrastructure Solutions, HPE
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