🚨 @HIVEDigitalTech Closes USD $220 Million Sovereign AI GPU Contract with Bell AI Fabric for Cohere Inc Cc: $SPCX $NBIS $CRWV $IREN $CIFR $KEEL $SLNH ✍️ Release: HIVE Digital Technologies today announced a landmark sovereign AI infrastructure deal involving Bell Canada and Cohere Inc., marking a significant milestone in Canada’s AI infrastructure ecosystem. ✅ The collaboration brings together Bell AI Fabric’s national data centre and connectivity platform, Cohere’s security-first enterprise-grade AI solutions and large language model capabilities, and BUZZ HPC’s NVIDIA-accelerated GPU cloud and AI factory expertise into a single, integrated Canadian AI stack. Together, the companies are delivering full-stack, production-grade sovereign AI infrastructure built in Canada, for Canadian enterprise and government customers. ✅ HIVE @BUZZHPC has executed a three-year GPU cloud contract with a total contract value of approximately USD $220 million. Through BUZZ HPC, HIVE has procured NVIDIA AI infrastructure powered by 2,304 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GPUs as a part of NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 rack-scale systems interconnected with NVIDIA Quantum InfiniBand scale-out networking, built to NVIDIA reference architecture standards and utilizing advanced liquid cooling. ✅ HIVE BUZZ HPC will deploy its sovereign AI cloud and GPU cluster infrastructure at Bell’s purpose-built facility in Merritt, British Columbia. The deployment will provide the high-performance compute layer on which Cohere will operate its foundation models and enterprise AI solutions for government and corporate customers across Canada. HIVE BUZZ HPC’s AI factories are powered by renewable energy and designed for ultra-low power usage effectiveness (PUE), bringing industrial-scale GPU capacity to one of Canada’s most strategically important AI deployments. ✅ 🇨🇦 Canada’s federal AI strategy has a clear mandate: invest in Canadian technology sovereignty and keep Canadian data secure under Canadian control. This partnership directly supports that mandate by combining Canadian connectivity, Canadian compute infrastructure, and Canadian AI models into a secure national platform. ✅ HIVE is funding the purchase of the NVIDIA Grace Blackwell rack-scale systems using a portion of the proceeds from its recent USD $115 million convertible note financing completed in April 2026. Hypertec, a Canadian 42-year OEM veteran in high-performance computing is delivering a bespoke GPU server solution, from hardware procurement and system integration through to installation, commissioning, and OEM support. ✅ The partnership further strengthens BUZZ’s position as a leading sovereign AI cloud provider in the Canadian market, alongside Bell AI Fabric’s role as the connective tissue of Canada’s sovereign AI ecosystem. Together, the platform integrates connectivity, data centres, compute, professional services, and cybersecurity into a unified national AI infrastructure platform. For enterprise and government customers, the combined stack provides enhanced control over compute sovereignty, model security, performance, and operational governance. The compute infrastructure will remain entirely within Canadian borders and operate under Canadian standards.