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.
| Sites | Sites | Gross SqFt | Gross SqFt | Power (MW) | Power (MW) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vantage Data Centers | 1 | 0 | 121.00 | |||
| HypertecDCS | 4 | 0 | 71.00 | |||
| eStruxture | 3 | 65,000 | 53.50 | |||
| Internap INAP | 1 | 97,000 | 47.25 | |||
| GI Partners | 1 | 0 | 39.00 | |||
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| 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 |
Nov 23, 2020 | Vantage Data Centers
Vantage Data Centers has acquired the data center business of services company Hypertec. With Hypertec's facilities, Vantage will become a large player with additional capacity in the Montreal market. Hypertec’s 49MW campus includes 25MW across two existing facilities and 24MW of expansion cap...
Oct 01, 2020 | Equinix
Equinix has completed it's acquisition of 13 Bell Canada's data centers. The acquisition was first announced in June 2020. Bell had operated the facilities under the Q9 brand. It partially acquired Q9 in 2012 for $1.1 billion and in 2016 it acquired the remainder for $675 million. This deal ...
Aug 25, 2020 | Hypertec YUL01B
Montreal Internet Exchange (QIX) has announced that it is expanding its fabric to Hypertec's Pointe-Claire two-facility campus (YUL01.) The announcement was made on twitter. See below.
Jul 08, 2020 | Vantage Data Centers
Vantage has announced that Colony Capital will invest $1.2 billion into Vantage. This is on top of the $800 million it raised in February 2020 and $692 million it raised in 2019. A massive war chest to fund Vantage's aggressive expansion into Europe. Earlier this year the company announced it ...
Jun 08, 2020 | Equinix
REDWOOD CITY, Calif /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. ("Equinix") (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of $2.6 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes, consisting of $500,000,000 of 1.250% Senior No...
