Kyndryl: Edmonton (Acheson)

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Fully operational facility with prospective expansion planned

Edmonton

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Alberta

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Canada

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North America

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Americas

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Kyndryl: Edmonton (Acheson)

Year Built: 2014

Utility Provider: FortisAlberta

Ownership: Kyndryl owns. the building.

Lot Size: 8 acres

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Kyndryl's Edmonton data centre (site code CA1) is a standalone colocation and managed-hosting facility in the Acheson Industrial Area, just west of Edmonton. IBM Canada built it as its Western Leadership Data Centre. The building covers about 66,250 sq ft, with about 15,000 sq ft of configured white space.

Site History

November 2021: Kyndryl spins off from IBM and takes over the facility.
2014: IBM Canada opens the Western Leadership Data Centre in Acheson.

Project Profile

Design: Kyndryl Design Level 3, built to Tier III; LEED Silver
Power: dual utility feeds, N+1 UPS and standby generators
Cooling: air-cooled halls served by water-cooled chillers
Connectivity: TELUS, Bell, Rogers (Shaw) and Zayo (Allstream)
Certifications: ISO 27001, PCI DSS and SOC 1 Type II

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Sites within 15 miles of Kyndryl: Edmonton (Acheson)

Distance	Site	About
1.60 miles	Beacon Hary Smith AI Hub	Beacon AI Centers proposed the Harry Smith AI Hub on rezoned land at Acheson in Parkland County, west of Edmonton. The project has seen no development permit or power plant application since its 2025 rezoning.
7.26 miles	Qu DC: West Edmonton EDM2	Qu Data Centres' EDM2 is a colocation data centre in a converted industrial building in west Edmonton's Armstrong Industrial area. It was one of nine Rogers data centres sold to InfraRed Capital Partners in 2025.
9.38 miles	4WEB: Edmonton	4WEB runs a small colocation data centre in Nexus Business Park in northwest Edmonton, offering rack space, private lockers and per-U colocation.
12.04 miles	Qu DC: Edmonton City Centre EDM1	Qu Data Centres' EDM1 is a colocation data centre on the third floor of Edmonton City Centre West in downtown Edmonton. It was one of nine Rogers data centres sold to InfraRed Capital Partners in 2025.
12.10 miles	ThinkTel Communications Edmonton	ThinkTel, an Edmonton-founded business phone and internet carrier, ran a colocation room in HSBC Place in downtown Edmonton. ThinkTel now lists three colocation sites, none in Edmonton.
12.15 miles	Wolfpaw Edmonton	Wolfpaw's EDM1 is a carrier-neutral data centre on the third floor of Rice Howard Place in downtown Edmonton's financial core. It hosts the YEGIX internet exchange and Hurricane Electric's Edmonton node.
13.43 miles	The Internet Centre	The Internet Centre runs a 3,000 sq ft colocation data centre in Strathcona Industrial Park on Edmonton's south side. The Edmonton internet provider opened colocation at the site in 2003.
19.37 miles	Five Nine	Five Nine Data Center marketed a 28,000 sq ft data centre on Alexander First Nation land northwest of Edmonton. The building opened in 2007 as the Alexander Internet Technologies data centre, which closed in 2009.

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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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