BCE’s Data Center Rollout Moving Faster Than Expected, CEO Says

The Bell headquarters in Verdun, Quebec.

Photographer: Nasuna Stuart-Ulin/Bloomberg

Demand for data center capacity in Canada is causing BCE Inc. to accelerate work on its new artificial intelligence business, and the construction of new facilities is ahead of schedule, its top executive said.

Canada’s largest telecom company by revenue introduced its Bell AI Fabric division last year, which aims to provide computing power driven by 73 megawatts of electricity — enough to power more than 30,000 homes.