Canada is making significant efforts to enhance its control over AI by implementing a $2 billion Sovereign AI Compute Strategy. This initiative is designed to offer researchers, startups, and innovative companies with access to robust computing resources.

Canada is improving its internal AI capabilities by investing in infrastructure and prioritizing secure data management, increased innovation access, and self-sufficiency. The Canadian Sovereign AI Compute Strategy is based on three core principles. The AI Compute Challenge aims to encourage private sector funding for AI data centers with a potential investment of up to $700 million.

The AI Sovereign Compute Infrastructure Program (SCIP) seeks to establish a cutting-edge public super computing system that is completely Canadian-owned and operated, with a potential budget of up to $705 million.

The AI Compute Access Fund looks to provide subsidies for compute resources to small and medium-sized enterprises as well as research institutions to overcome financial obstacles, with a potential allocation of up to $300 million.