Cogeco Peer 1 Montreal Data Center offers customers the combination of cloud, connectivity and colocation facilities with complementary managed services. Built to Tier 3 standards, the 100,000 square foot, secure facility is designed to Uptime Institute Standards and equipped with primary and secondary power redundancy.
Colo-D is powered from hydroelectricity power source
COLO-D2, located in Longueuil, offers a floor space of more than 180,000 sqft with a capacity of over 35 megawatts. Located less than 10 km from downtown Montreal
Canadian colocation firm Colo-D plans to build a 150MW, 500,000 square foot (46,500 sq m) data center campus in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, 15km away from downtown Montreal.
The site was previously owned by Canix
The Montreal Data Center is drawing international attention yet is still relatively small compared to other North American markets. That might change over the next decade because Montreal has many ingredients to see robust growth.
The area has access to cheap and abundant hydroelectric power. Power rates range between 3.2 and 5 cents/kWh. he cool and dry climate in a stable geotechnical area offers data center operators an estimated 90% of free cooling hours per year based on facility design. The climate is cool and dry which offers data center operators an estimated 90% of free cooling hours per year.
The area is in a stable geotechnical area with no risk of hurricanes. In winter, storms can bring snow and bitter cold.
The largest cloud companies have chosen Montreal as a data center location. Microsoft, Soflayer, Amazon, and Google have all chosen Montreal. Inexpensive green power and proximity to East coast population have driven their deployments.
| Sites | Sites | Gross SqFt | Gross SqFt | Power (MW) | Power (MW) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colo-D | 3 | 225,000 | 55.00 | |||
| ROOT Data Center | 2 | 201,000 | 25.00 | |||
| Aptum Technologies | 1 | 100,000 | 16.50 | |||
| Cologix | 7 | 85,000 | 13.00 | |||
| eStruxture | 3 | 65,000 | 10.50 | |||
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| Gross SqFt | Gross SqFt | Power (MW) | Power (MW) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROOT Montreal MTL-R2 | 175,000 | 20.00 | ||
| Colo-D1 | 120,000 | 20.00 | ||
| Colo-D2 | 105,000 | 35.00 | ||
| Cogenco Peer 1 Kirkland | 100,000 | 16.50 | ||
| Vantage Montréal | 43,055 | 3.00 | ||
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| Company | Region Name | Site Name | Building SqFt | Gross SqFt | Power (MWs) | Estimated Launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colo-D | Montreal | Colo-D2 | 80000 | 15.0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 80000 | 15.0 |
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