Telus has announced it is investing three billion dollars in British Columbia over the next three years.
750-million will go toward Telus Garden, the one-million square foot development at Richards and Georgia in downtown Vancouver.
A 24-storey office tower is to be the country’s first Leed platinum building, while the 53-storey residential tower is to be built to the Leed gold standard.
The company also plans to extend its new 4g wireless network to 90 per-cent of British Columbians, 350-million will be spent on expanding access to high speed internet, and 35 remote communities will be connected to the broaband network.
As well, the company will spend 100-million dollars on a green data centre in Kamloops.
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