Kyndryl: Edmonton (Acheson)

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Operational

Fully operational facility

Edmonton

Metro
Alberta

Province
Canada

Country
North America

Region
Americas

Region

Kyndryl: Edmonton (Acheson)

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Overview

Kyndryl-operated colocation and managed-hosting facility (site code CA1) in Acheson, Alberta (Greater Edmonton), Canada. Built to Kyndryl Design Level 3.

Facility

Design level: Kyndryl Design Level 3
Power infrastructure: dual utility feeds with standby generation
Cooling: two water-cooled chiller units (550-ton each)
Certifications: ISO/IEC 27001
Connectivity: Telus, Shaw/Rogers, Allstream/Zayo

Map and Nearby Locations

9672 279 St.

Kyndryl Sites

Nearby Facilities

Sites within 15 miles of Kyndryl: Edmonton (Acheson)

Distance	Site	About
6.23 miles	Rogers Edmonton EDM DC2	The EDM2 facility (along with eight other data centers across Canada) was acquired from Rogers Communications by InfraRed Capital Partners.
6.25 miles	Qu DC: EDM2	The EDM2 facility (along with eight other data centers across Canada) was acquired from Rogers Communications by InfraRed Capital Partners.
11.19 miles	Rogers EDM DC1
11.19 miles	Qu DC: Edmonton EDM1	The EDM1 facility (along with eight other data centers across Canada) was acquired from Rogers Communications by InfraRed Capital Partners.
11.29 miles	ThinkTel Communications Edmonton
11.35 miles	Wolfpaw Edmonton	Located in the Financial Core District the multi-level highrise is one of a few data centre options in Edmonton
13.08 miles	The Internet Centre	The Internet Centre provides a secure data centre facility on the south side of Edmonton, Alberta. The site has power conditioning and battery backup through a Mitsubishi UPS, as well as a 180kW diesel generator, and an automatic failover system in the event of a power outage.
18.54 miles	Five Nine

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Operating Company

IBM Cloud history

June 2013 - IBM acquired SoftLayer, a public cloud platform, to serve as the foundation for its IaaS offering
July 2014 - IBM introduced the Bluemix Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
October 2016 - IBM rolled the SoftLayer brand under its Bluemix brand of PaaS offerings
October 2017 - IBM unified its entire cloud portfolio as IBM Cloud

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Groq and IBM Partner on Agentic AI Capabilities

October 20, 2025 Kyndryl

AI chip startup Groq has partnered with IBM to provide agentic AI capabilities via GroqCloud on IBM watsonx Orchestrate. Under the terms of the agreement, the partners will also integrate Red Hat’s open source vLLM technology with Groq’s LPU chips, with plans to support IBM Granite models on...

IBM and GlobalFoundries end legal dispute

January 07, 2025 Kyndryl

IBM and GlobalFoundries (GF) have reached a settlement in their long-running legal dispute which saw both companies claim breach of contract and misuse of trade secrets and intellectual property. The two companies said the undisclosed settlement resolves “all litigation matters” and would allow...

IBM to make AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs available via IBM Cloud

November 20, 2024 Kyndryl

IBM is planning to make AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs available as a service via IBM Cloud. The GPUs will be rolled out on the platform in the first half of 2025, with the aim of improving the performance and power efficiency of generative AI models and high-performance computing applications.“As...

IBM unveils quantum data center in Germany

October 01, 2024 Kyndryl

IBM this week announced the launch of the facility, at IBM's campus in Ehningen near Stuttgart, in a ceremony attended by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. It is IBM's second quantum data center, featuring three systems - one based on IBM's Heron processor, alongside two other new systems that will...

Riken to deploy IBM quantum computer

May 01, 2024 Kyndryl

Japanese research institute Riken is set to deploy an IBM quantum computer at its facilities in Kobe. The quantum system – to be powered by a 133-qubit Heron processor – will be colocated and integrated with the organization’s existing Fugaku supercomputer. “Riken is committed to developing...