Microsoft is building a new data center on the site of a former Lowe's store between Islington Avenue and Highway 401 in Toronto's Rexdale/Etobicoke area. The project is now nearing completion.
The original one-story 13,172 sqm facility has been demolished, making way for a 25,869 sqm (289,450 sq ft) two-story technology building and a separate single-story office administration and support building.
| Distance | Site | About |
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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 | Compass: North York | |
| 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 | 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.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Canada Cloud Data Centre | |
| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Hut 8: Mississauga DC |
Hut 8 acquired the facility as part of its purchase of TeraGo's data center business. The acquisition was announced in January 2022 and closed in the first quarter of 2022.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | CentriLogic: Greater Toronto, ON |
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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