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Digital Research Alliance of Canada (DRAC)
A federally funded non-profit that pools computing power from universities.
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Apr 18, 2026
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Ottawa Commits $890M to Sovereign Compute Infrastructure, Setting New Canadian High-Performance Benchmarks
Ottawa Commits $890M to Sovereign Compute Infrastructure, Setting New Canadian High-Performance Benchmarks
The federal push for a 'Sovereign Compute Infrastructure Program' (SCIP) marks a strategic effort by Ottawa to solidify Canada's position in the global AI race. This isn't merely about buying hardware; it's an...
↗ SCIP is less a hardware purchase and more a national industrial policy framework designed to dictate who controls the data, where the compute capacity resides, and how the resulting revenue must be reinvested back into a sovereign, Canadian-owned research ecosystem.