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Hyperscale Data Center

Short Code: YQB01
Year Planned: 2027
Utility Provider: Hydro-Québec
Lot Size: 28 acres
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Site History

  • November 2023: Microsoft announced a US$500 million investment in four data centres around Quebec City.
  • June 2024: Construction began.
  • August 2025: Construction of the on-site substation began.
  • 2026: Main generator tests were completed early in the year, and the substation transformers arrived in March.

Project Profile

  • Developer and owner: Microsoft
  • Site: about 28 acres near avenue Jules-Verne and boulevard Hamel
  • Power: two underground 230 kV lines to a private substation, with commissioning in autumn 2026
  • Contractor: Construction Dinamo
  • Status: Under construction; completion expected in early 2027

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QC22 is the second data centre building on Vantage's Quebec City (QC2) campus at 2675 boulevard du Parc-Technologique. The building was completed in 2019, the year Vantage took over 4Degrés Colocation. It sits beside QC21, the campus's original building.
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