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  "language": "en",
  "interfaceLanguage": "en",
  "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/bird-construction-bell-sherwood-ai-data-centre-partnership-2026",
  "slug": "bird-construction-bell-sherwood-ai-data-centre-partnership-2026",
  "category": "epc-contractors",
  "publishDate": "2026-05-14",
  "sourceName": "Bird Construction",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.bird.ca/news/2026/05/14/bell-names-construction-partners-for-300-mw-saskatchewan-ai-fabric-facility-and-announces-long-term-partnership-with-bird-construction/",
  "readingTimeMinutes": 2,
  "tags": [
    "Bird Construction",
    "EPC"
  ],
  "content": {
    "title": "Bird Construction named lead builder for Bell’s planned 300 MW AI facility",
    "summary": "Bell named Bird Construction the lead construction partner for its planned 300 MW AI Fabric data centre in Sherwood, Saskatchewan, and established a longer-term national construction partnership. The first phase was expected online in the first half of 2027, an announced target rather than an operating milestone. Alton Tangedal Architect was appointed Architect of Record, with George Gordon Developments involved in site-services opportunities. Bird’s role brings its civil, mechanical, electrical and systems capabilities to the owner’s facility; 300 MW describes the planned data centre, not power generation supplied by Bird.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "heading": "Official announcement and scope",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Bell named Bird Construction the lead construction partner for its planned 300 MW AI Fabric data centre in Sherwood, Saskatchewan, and established a longer-term national construction partnership. The first phase was expected online in the first half of 2027, an announced target rather than an operating milestone. Alton Tangedal Architect was appointed Architect of Record, with George Gordon Developments involved in site-services opportunities. Bird’s role brings its civil, mechanical, electrical and systems capabilities to the owner’s facility; 300 MW describes the planned data centre, not power generation supplied by Bird."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Bird Construction",
            "url": "https://www.bird.ca/news/2026/05/14/bell-names-construction-partners-for-300-mw-saskatchewan-ai-fabric-facility-and-announces-long-term-partnership-with-bird-construction/"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "heading": "Engineering and delivery perspective",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Large AI facilities require coordination between building works and power distribution, cooling, controls and equipment access. Lead construction responsibility should be distinguished from the owner’s computing services and from the grid utility’s connection obligations. Sequencing electrical rooms, cooling systems and commissioning interfaces is central to delivery planning. A planned facility rating also needs its own operating definition; it cannot be treated as a commissioned generator rating or proof that the complete development has already entered service."
        ]
      },
      {
        "heading": "Contract and project comparison",
        "paragraphs": [
          "For project comparisons, identify the owner, delivery model and contracted package before assigning responsibility for the complete asset. An award, negotiation, backlog figure or construction target describes a different stage from commissioning and sustained operation. Review the boundaries between civil work, equipment supply, electrical systems and controls, together with the acceptance documentation and the owner’s operating requirements. These engineering considerations are an interpretation of the delivery context, rather than additional project milestones announced by Bird."
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
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    {
      "slug": "bird-construction",
      "name": "Bird Construction",
      "href": "/epc-contractors/bird-construction",
      "website": "https://www.bird.ca",
      "aliases": [
        "Bird Construction",
        "بيرد للإنشاءات",
        "Bird Construction Inc."
      ]
    }
  ]
}