Aptum Kirkland, formerly known as Cogeco Peer 1 Kirkland, was 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.
With proximity to ample hydroelectricity, the site has 750kW of reliable power onsite, redundant N+1 power availability 208VAC or 120VAC in 15A, 20A, 30A & 60A multiples in both single or 3-phase configurations.
The site was previously known at Openface Montreal before being acquired by Beanfield in February 2020.
The site was previously owned by Canix
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
Located on Nun’s Island (Île des Sœurs) in Montréal, Québec, the purpose-built MTL2 colocation facility is one of seven Cologix data centres throughout Montréal, spanning approximately 100,000 SQF and including Montréal’s only carrier hotel.
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.
| Gross SqFt | Gross SqFt | Power (MW) | Power (MW) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVH Beauharnois Quebec BHS | 120.00 | |||
| Hypertec YUL01B | 35.00 | |||
| Cologix MTL10-H | 105,000 | 35.00 | ||
| eStruxture Montréal MTL2 | 30.00 | |||
| Compass Montreal II | 175,000 | 30.00 | ||
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| Company | Region Name | Site Name | Building SqFt | Gross SqFt | Power (MWs) | Estimated Launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cologix | Montreal | Cologix MTL10-H | 80000 | 15.0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 80000 | 15.0 |
May 12, 2021 | Google Beauharnois
Plans are in place for Google to acquire a property in Beauharnois, Quebec, and turn it into a data center. The proposed data center is estimated to cost $600 million. The 62.4 hectares plot of land is owned by Hydro-Québec, and is currently zoned as agricultural land, the provincial governme...
May 10, 2021 | Equinix
Equinix has announced that it would not be renewing the leases for eight of its data centers in the US. The data centers are situated in New York, Georgia, and some in California and Atlanta. Equinix commented that the reason for the development is that some of the facilities don’t meet the fu...
May 06, 2021 | Vantage Data Centers
Vantage Data Centers has announced that it is now providing its customers access to renewable energy at each of its North American and European campuses. This development will help its customers reduce their carbon emissions. Currently, four of the campuses are now being powered by 99% renewab...
May 05, 2021 | eStruxture
eStruxture just announced that it had secured over $600 million CDN in incremental equity from major financial institutions. eStruxture will use part of the sum secured to fund the acquisition of all Aptum’s Canadian data center business which was recently finalized. The funds will also help e...
May 04, 2021 | Equinix
Equinix has announced that it priced $2.6 billion principal amount of notes, including $1.0 billion of green bonds in its third green bond offering. The green bonds will be used to help advance the company's longstanding commitment to sustainability leadership and reducing its environmental im...
