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Facility · Evidence reviewed 2026-10-06

Bell AI Fabric Merritt

Bell Canada / TrueNorth Sustainable Infrastructure · Merritt, British Columbia

Research record, not a building count. Campus and phase overlap may exist; do not add capacity values. Access dates do not establish fresh commissioning.

Identity and map provenance

City reference only; not the facility. Derived city center, rounded to four decimals. The marker is not a building, entrance, campus or parcel location. GeoNames 6072350 · CC BY 4.0

Location

Reported

Merritt, British Columbia. City or regional reference only; no facility coordinates are published.

Evidence date
Undated source
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Published location reference

Lifecycle

Reported phase delivery

BCE’s SEC filings report delivery of the Merritt facility in Q1 2026 and anticipate the second phase entering service in early 2027. These filings do not independently establish an exact physical commissioning day.

Evidence date
2026-08-05
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Facility or project lifecycle

Capacity

Contracted

BCE’s Q1 2026 SEC filing says BUZZ secured an initial 6.5 MW of gross capacity at Merritt. Gross contracted capacity is not net server IT load.

Evidence date
2026-05-06
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility · Phase 1
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Capacity at stated basis and scope
Quantity type
Facility power
Basis
contracted
Reported quantity
6.5 MW · Separate source-reported quantities are not additive.

Power

Operating

The city describes hydroelectric supply; no executed utility contract or backup-fuel specification is established.

Evidence date
Undated source
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Power supply or backup configuration

Cooling

Commissioning

Bell describes liquid-cooled AI infrastructure; the city describes a recirculating water system. HIVE’s planned GB200 deployment also uses liquid cooling.

Evidence date
Undated source
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Cooling system at stated scope

Hardware

Procured not installed

HIVE’s 18 June 2026 release reports procurement of 2,304 Grace Blackwell GPUs in GB200 NVL72 systems for Merritt, with go-live expected in late 2026 or early 2027. Procurement is not an installed count.

Evidence date
2026-06-18
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility · Cohere/BUZZ deployment
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Hardware deployment procurement or support

Commercial

Contracted

HIVE reports a three-year GPU-cloud contract worth about US$220 million: BUZZ provides compute, Bell the facility/connectivity, Hypertec system integration and Cohere the models.

Evidence date
2026-06-18
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility · Cohere/BUZZ deployment
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Commercial disclosure or relationship

Ownership

Reported

The reviewed source identifies Bell Canada / TrueNorth Sustainable Infrastructure in the operator or development role. This does not establish title to the underlying land.

Evidence date
Undated source
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Ownership operator or developer relationship