EY deploys its agentic AI platform in Telus’ sovereign AI factory

EY has announced the deployment of FlexiGenAI, its enterprise agentic AI platform, in Telus’ sovereign AI factory, a full sovereign AI infrastructure facility.

The collaboration will provide government agencies and Canadian businesses with agentic AI capabilities while storing sensitive data securely within national borders and under Canadian control.

"By running EY‘s FlexiGenAI on our Sovereign AI Factory, we’re empowering Canadian businesses and government agencies to deliver what matters most: breakthrough AI solutions, better outcomes for citizens, and competitive advantages in the global economy--while ensuring every computation, analysis and insight stays in Canada, on infrastructure owned and operated by Canadians,” said Hesham Fahmy, chief information officer at Telus.

Launched earlier this year, FlexiGenAI was developed in Canada at EY’s innovation center and allows clients to design, deploy, and scale AI agents without writing any code. The platform can be deployed in private AI environments – which makes it suitable for sovereign workloads and the strict data residency required by the public sector and regulated industries.

Telus’ sovereign AI factory features Nvidia’s latest accelerated computing and enhanced security specifically designed for government and business-critical workloads. The factory is powered by 99% renewable energy, making it one of the most sustainable AI-ready data centres in the world. Telus says it also uses significantly less electricity to power AI computing workloads than industry standards.

"Running EY’s FlexiGenAI agentic AI platform on TELUS’ Sovereign AI Factory infrastructure unlocks unprecedented opportunities for governments and public sector agencies across Canada to accelerate their AI transformation, regardless of where they are on their journey," said Biren Agnihotri, chief technology officer at EY.