151 Front Street

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151 Front Street is Canada's largest carrier hotel, where the telecom, Internet service providers, and content companies colocate to exchange traffic (peer) between their respective networks.

Building

  • Built in 1954
  • There are 56 surface parking spaces

151 Front Street History

In 1954, 151 Front Street was custom built with heavy floor loading, large power capacity and generous ceiling heights to house CN / CP Telegraph equipment. Located adjacent to the rail lines, the building was directly inter-connected to the Bell Central office for its telex purposes.

After drifting away from its pure telex use in the 70's and 80's, 151 Front Street quietly began its evolution into Canada's premier Carrier Hotel in the late 80's and 90's. A critical mass of telecommunication networks took tenancy in the building in response to the newly deregulated telecommunication industry and the explosive growth of the Internet.

This silent evolution became a radical transformation when TrizecHahn purchased the property in 1997. With a well thought out strategy, TrizecHahn executed a redevelopment plan that removed the mixed use tenants and replaced, repaired and upgraded every aspect of the building that supports telecommunication and data center requirements.

Today the building has 97% of its rentable square footage converted to telecom space. Potential also exists for a 384,000 square foot expansion with direct connectivity to 151 Front Street.

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0.00 miles Digital Realty 151 Front
0.00 miles eStruxture TOR-1
0.00 miles Priority Colo TOR1
0.01 miles Equinix Toronto TR1
Equinix's facilities in Toronto has a long history that includes several acquisitions. The original suites now operated by Equinix at 151 Front Street began with RACO, a Canadian company that Switch and Data acquired in 2004.
0.01 miles Cologix Toronto TOR1
Cologix operates seven discrete Toronto data centres at 151 Front Street West (TOR 1), Canada’s largest and most important carrier hotel.
0.01 miles Neutral Data Toronto
0.14 miles CenriLogic Toronto
0.17 miles Equinix Toronto TR4
The site was formerly known as "Q9 Toronto 2, 3, and 4" which were acquired by Equinix from Bell Canada in 2020.
0.19 miles eStruxture TOR-2
0.20 miles 250 Front Street - Allied
Also known as the Canadian Broadcasting Centre, the building is a block away from Allied's carrier hotel, 151 Front Street.
0.40 miles TNW Toronto
1.19 miles Urbacon Toronto - 281 Front Street
At the intersection of Front Street East and Parliament Street, 281 Front is less than one and a half kilometres from Canada’s financial heart, and directly abutting 151 Front Street, which is Toronto's carrier hotel.
1.20 miles Equinix Toronto TR2
TR2 is also known as Parliament Street Data Centre TR2 has metro connections to TR1, which is home to one of Canada's largest financial trading ecosystems. TR2 hosts Internet Exchange, Ethernet Exchange and Equinix Cloud Exchange™ connectivity to TR1.
1.42 miles Cologix Toronto TOR2
Cologix’s second Toronto data centre site at 905 King Street (TOR 2) was built using standards for concurrent maintainability for space, power, mechanical systems and security. The TOR 2 data centre can be utilized as a stand-alone, diverse bypass facility to Cologix's TOR 1 data centre at 151 Front Street.
1.42 miles 905 King Street W
1.42 miles Contegix Toronto
1.42 miles Beanfield 905 King St
2.05 miles Beanfield 23 Fraser
6.23 miles Lumen Toronto 1
6.93 miles STACK Toronto
6.93 miles Canada15Edge Toronto West
7.83 miles Compass Toronto Etobicoke
8.21 miles eStruxture TOR-3 (Etobicoke)
8.28 miles ILAP 210 Sheppard
9.23 miles ServerFarm Toronto TOR1
Site is approximately 7.14 acres Three 10,000 SF data halls with ample office and conference space
9.84 miles Canada Cloud Data Centre
10.45 miles Cogent Mississauga
10.91 miles Compass: North York
11.25 miles TeraGo Mississauga
11.58 miles Edgeconnex Toronto
12.16 miles 1 Century Place (TOR1) Digital Realty
This site was originally operated by Dupont Fabros as TOR1 before being acquired in Sept 2017 by Digital Realty Trust in a $7.6 Billion 12 datacenter deal. Located just outside the city of Toronto in nearby Vaughan, this Canadian wholesale data centre spans over 66,000 square metres (711,000 square feet) with a critical power capacity of up to 46 megawatts. The site was the former Toronto Star Printing plant.
12.84 miles Nüday Networks
13.09 miles CentriLogic Mississauga (South)
13.42 miles TeraGo Vaughn
13.72 miles 371 Gough - Digital Realty
The site will support (5) 1,350 kW data center suites measuring approximately 10,000 sq. ft. each
13.82 miles Rogers Markham TOR DC3
13.85 miles Cyxtera Markham TR3
13.90 miles Priority Colo TOR2
14.13 miles Excell IT
14.16 miles eStruxture TOR-4 Scarborough
14.17 miles Equinix Markham TR5
14.34 miles CentriLogic Mississauga (North)
18″ raised floor with hot/cold aisle configuration 24/7/365 Security & Multi-level Biometric Access Control
14.39 miles Cologix TOR4
Close to downtown Toronto in Markham, the Scalelogix TOR4-S data center has diverse dark fiber connectivity between TOR4-S and TOR1 at 151 Front Street
14.39 miles 1547 Ontario TOON1
The building was sold to 1547 Critical Systems Realty in 2018. As part of the deal, 1547 will handle wholesale deals in the building. While I.C.E will manage all the retail colocation deployments.
14.75 miles Pathway Communications
16.62 miles Urbacon - Richmond Hill, ON
17.97 miles Equinix Brampton TR6
18.05 miles Equinix Brampton TR7
The site was formerly known as "Q9 Toronto Two" which was acquired by Equinix in 2020 from Bell Canada.
18.82 miles Cyxtera Mississauga TR1
One story building Raised floor (inches) = 24 and 30

151 Front Street Data Center Photos


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Source: Allied
Large fiber trays are needed to support all the interconnection at Toronto's carrier hotel.
Large Fiber Tray at 151

Large fiber trays are needed to support all the interconnection at Toronto's carrier hotel.

Source: Allied

Roof of 151 Front Street is Crowded with Gens and Cooling Equipment
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Operating Company

Allied Properties is a REIT which develops, owns and manages buildings in Canada. Allied owns 151 Front Street, a primary telecom hotel in Toronto.

Allied owns and manages a portfolio of mainly Class I office properties in the urban areas of Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Kitchener, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver.

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7.7 Megawatts
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hn-meetmeseries-04of21-fp-may2003-toronto May 2003

Historical (2003) article on the RACO facility at 151. Through a series of acquisitions RACO became Equinix TR1