TELUS says Alberta’s $14-billion construction will advance its environmental goals by retiring and recycling old copper.
According to Telus, it has already recovered 4,600 tonnes of copper, copper that could fuel Canada’s domestic supply chain at a time when demand for the metal is surging around the world.
“Over the past 26 years, Telus has laid 162,000 kilometers of fiber, enough to orbit the Earth four times,” the company said in a press release. “TELUS eliminated 9,300 tons of emissions – the equivalent of removing nearly 2,000 cars from the roads for a year.” The figure is attributable to Telus’ copper retirement program, which it says offsets the need to extract new copper sources.
The project is moving forward with developing wireless networks with at least 45 new towers and upgrading more than 400 sites throughout the governorate.
Amid growing demand for secure AI infrastructure, the company says this copper retirement program is part of a broader effort to modernize its networks. Telus is laying out an Alberta build-out framework – with new wireless sites and expanded AI facilities – as a foundation that it believes will help keep Canada competitive in both connectivity and AI.
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