Project · Evidence reviewed 2026-10-06
Bell–Queen's sovereign AI supercomputing project
Queen’s University / Bell Canada · Kingston, Ontario
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: Queen’s University
- Operator: Queen’s University
- Province: Queen’s University
- City: Queen’s University
- Record kind: Queen’s University
- Disposition: Queen’s University
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 5992500 · CC BY 4.0
Lifecycle
ProposedQueen’s and Bell announced a Kingston supercomputing-facility proposal under a December 2025 memorandum of understanding, conditional on government funding.
- Evidence date
- 2025-12-15
- Checked
- 2026-10-05
- Scope
- Facility
- Evidence type
- Reported
- Status describes
- Facility or project lifecycle
- Laying the groundwork for Canada’s AI and data sovereignty | Queen's Gazette · Queen’s University
Cooling
PlannedThe proposed facility would use high-efficiency design and heat recapture; no installed cooling system is established.
- Evidence date
- 2025-12-15
- Checked
- 2026-10-05
- Scope
- Facility
- Evidence type
- Reported
- Status describes
- Cooling system at stated scope
- Laying the groundwork for Canada’s AI and data sovereignty | Queen's Gazette · Queen’s University
Ownership
PlannedQueen’s would lead supercomputer procurement, architecture and operation; Bell would lead facility design, financing, construction and maintenance. This does not establish final property ownership.
- Evidence date
- 2025-12-15
- Checked
- 2026-10-05
- Scope
- Facility
- Evidence type
- Reported
- Status describes
- Ownership operator or developer relationship
- Laying the groundwork for Canada’s AI and data sovereignty | Queen's Gazette · Queen’s University