Project · Evidence reviewed 2026-10-06
TELUS / Westbank M3 AI Factory
TELUS / Westbank · Vancouver, 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
- Name: Issuer press release via CNW
- Operator: Issuer press release via CNW
- Province: Issuer press release via CNW
- City: Issuer press release via CNW
- Record kind: Issuer press release via CNW
- Disposition: Issuer press release via CNW
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 6173331 · CC BY 4.0
Location
ReportedVancouver, 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
- TELUS and Government of Canada advance work to scale Canada's sovereign AI infrastructure · Issuer press release via CNW
Lifecycle
PlannedTELUS describes M3 as part of a planned three-site BC AI cluster. The release’s target timetable is not confirmation of site permitting or operation.
- Evidence date
- Undated source
- Checked
- 2026-10-05
- Scope
- Facility
- Evidence type
- Reported
- Status describes
- Facility or project lifecycle
- TELUS and Government of Canada advance work to scale Canada's sovereign AI infrastructure · Issuer press release via CNW
Power
PlannedTELUS says it secured an initial 85 MW across three BC sites, with a cluster ambition above 150 MW by 2032. Neither total is assigned to this individual site.
- Evidence date
- Undated source
- Checked
- 2026-10-05
- Scope
- Three site cluster
- Evidence type
- Reported
- Status describes
- Power supply or backup configuration
- TELUS and Government of Canada advance work to scale Canada's sovereign AI infrastructure · Issuer press release via CNW
Cooling
PlannedThe Vancouver developments are designed for liquid recirculation and future district heat reuse. The release does not establish installed or commissioned systems.
- Evidence date
- Undated source
- Checked
- 2026-10-05
- Scope
- Vancouver projects
- Evidence type
- Reported
- Status describes
- Cooling system at stated scope
- TELUS and Government of Canada advance work to scale Canada's sovereign AI infrastructure · Issuer press release via CNW
Hardware
PlannedGrace Blackwell and Vera Rubin platforms and more than 60,000 GPUs are a full-cluster plan. The release does not allocate a model/count to this site or establish installation.
- Evidence date
- Undated source
- Checked
- 2026-10-05
- Scope
- Three site cluster
- Evidence type
- Reported
- Status describes
- Hardware deployment procurement or support
- TELUS and Government of Canada advance work to scale Canada's sovereign AI infrastructure · Issuer press release via CNW
Ownership
ReportedThe reviewed source identifies TELUS / Westbank 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
- TELUS and Government of Canada advance work to scale Canada's sovereign AI infrastructure · Issuer press release via CNW