Federal and Québec governments invest millions to form AI computing cluster

The governments of Canada and Québec are providing funding to create an artificial intelligence (AI) computing cluster at Université Laval.

The federal government launched a subsequent phase in 2022, allocating $40 million towards computer capacity for AI researchers.

“To make Québec a key centre for advanced computing and artificial intelligence, we must invest in high-performance equipment,” Pierre Fitzgibbon, Québec’s Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy, said in a statement.

“This new equipment meets the growing needs of our research community, thus ensuring Quebec’s competitiveness in this field of the future.”

This is the latest investment geared towards AI research in Canada.

Earlier this month, Google allocated$2.7 million in research grants for the country’s AI ecosystem.