Microsoft is building a data centre on the site of a former Lowe's store between Islington Avenue and Highway 401 in Toronto's Rexdale/Etobicoke area.
The original one-storey 13,172 sqm store was demolished, making way for a 25,869 sqm (289,450 sq ft) two-storey technology building and a separate single-storey office and support building.
Hydro One built a new transformer station, Islington TS, on 230 kV circuits to serve the site.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | ServerFarm Toronto TOR1 |
Site is approximately 7.14 acres
Three 10,000 SF data halls with ample office and conference space
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | West RidgeInterested in this information?Contact us | Data center facility details are available on request.Interested in this information?Contact us |
| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Compass: North York |
Compass Datacenters' Toronto data centre at 15 Fenmar Drive in North York, a two-storey building completed in 2023 for a single hyperscale tenant.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Cogent Mississauga | |
| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Urbacon: Toronto West DC7 |
DC7 is situated in a prime Toronto location accessible by transit and close to Canada's largest international transportation hub.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | 3z Canada: Etobicoke | |
| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | 1 Century Place (TOR1) Digital Realty |
Digital Realty's TOR1 wholesale data centre at 1 Century Place in Vaughan, just north of Toronto, built inside the former Toronto Star printing plant.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Canada Cloud Data Centre |
Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Microsoft uses Containers (called ITPACs) to build out its data centers. These Containers are Shipping Containers fitted with all the necessary climate control, networking, server racks and other hardware necessary to be a “mini” data center all in one.
An Azure region is a set of data centers deployed within a latency-defined perimeter and connected through a dedicated regional low-latency network.
With more global regions than any other cloud provider, Azure gives customers the flexibility to deploy applications where they need to. Azure is generally available in 46 regions around the world, with plans announced for 8 additional regions.
An Azure geography is a discrete market, typically containing two or more regions, that preserves data residency and compliance boundaries.
Geographies allow customers with specific data-residency and compliance needs to keep their data and applications close. Geographies are fault-tolerant to withstand complete region failure through their connection to our dedicated high-capacity networking infrastructure.
Availability Zones are physically separate locations within an Azure region. Each Availability Zone is made up of one or more data centers equipped with independent power, cooling, and networking.
Availability Zones allow customers to run mission-critical applications with high availability and low-latency replication.
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