Rogers Communications Acquires BLACKIRON Data from Primus Telecommunications Group (PR)
April 17, 2013
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Rogers Calgary DC1
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3015 5 Ave NE
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The CGY1 facility (along with eight other data centers across Canada) was acquired from Rogers Communications by InfraRed Capital Partners. The deal was finalized in late 2025, leading to the official launch of Qu Data Centres in December 2025 to manage and operate the portfolio. Although the physical infrastructure is now owned by Qu Data Centres, Rogers Communications continues to be active at the site as a key network and service provider.
Site History
Rogers acquired this site when when it bought Pivot Data Centers in September 2013. Pivot Data Centers was previously known as Care Factor Computer Services Inc. Care Factor was founded in 1989 as Computer Maintenance Corporation (Canada) Inc.
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Sites within 15 miles of Rogers Calgary DC1
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| 0.07 miles | Qu DC: Calgary 1 |
The CGY1 facility (along with eight other data centers across Canada) was acquired from Rogers Communications by InfraRed Capital Partners.
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| 1.00 miles | Equinix Calgary CL2 |
The site was formerly known as "Q9 Calgary 2" which was acquired by Equinix in 2020 from Bell Canada.
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| 3.24 miles | Rigstar Industrial Telecom |
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| 3.49 miles | Equinix Calgary CL1 |
Located in the heart of Calgary’s financial district, Equinix's CL1 Data centre has 800kVa of critical power capacity and 12,000 sqft of colocation floor space.
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| 3.65 miles | TNW Watermark Tower |
Built in 1999, TNW's data centre is conveniently located in the Watermark Tower at 530-8th Avenue SW. The Watermark Tower is a 27-story, class “A” office building located in the heart of Calgary’s downtown and retail district.
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| 3.66 miles | Hosted in Canada - Calgary Watermark | |
| 3.92 miles | DataHiveTwo |
DataHive’s second location, DataHiveTwo, opened in 2024 at 801 Seventh (Nexen Building). The facility spans roughly 9,000 sq ft (836 sqm).
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| 3.94 miles | Cologix: Calgary CGY1 |
US data center firm Cologix acquired this data center from local operator DataHive in 2025.The data center is situated within a 21-story building constructed in 1979.
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| 4.06 miles | Nucleus Calgary | |
| 4.50 miles | Rogers Calgary DC2 |
The CGY2 facility (along with eight other data centers across Canada) was acquired from Rogers Communications by InfraRed Capital Partners.
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| 4.52 miles | Qu DC: CGY2 |
The CGY2 facility (along with eight other data centers across Canada) was acquired from Rogers Communications by InfraRed Capital Partners.
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| 4.62 miles | eStruxture Calgary CAL-1 |
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| 5.68 miles | Equinix Calgary CL3 |
The site was formerly known as "Q9 Calgary 3" which was acquired by Equinix in 2020 from Bell Canada.
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| 8.69 miles | Beacon Chestermere AI Hub |
Beacon AI Centers is planning to build a new data center campus known as the Chestermere Artificial Intelligence Hub.
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| 9.38 miles | Real Estate Data Center Request Dataset | |
| 10.37 miles | eStruxture CAL-2 |
In 2021, eStruxture announced plans for a second data center in Calgary, Canada that came online in 2023. The new Cal-2 facility spans 93,000 sq ft (8,640 sqm) and has been built to Tier III standards.
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| 12.86 miles | eStruxture: CAL-3 |
Canadian data center operator eStruxture plans to invest more than CA$750 million (US$540.2m) to build CAL-3, a new data center in Calgary, Alberta.
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| 13.89 miles | Beacon Langdon AI Hub |
Beacon Data Centres' first project is a 946-acre campus near Indus, east of Calgary and close to Langdon.
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| 13.91 miles | Rocky View Technology Park |
The proposed Rocky View Technology Park, a large data center and power plant campus near Calgary, was rejected by Rocky View County councillors in September 2025.
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| 14.54 miles | Wild Rose Power Hub |
The Wild Rose Power Hub is a large-scale, $10 billion "gigawatt-scale" data center and power generation project located in Rocky View County.
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| 17.10 miles | Qu DC: CGY3 |
The CGY3 facility (along with eight other data centers across Canada) was acquired from Rogers Communications by InfraRed Capital Partners.
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| 17.12 miles | Rogers Calgary DC3 Airdrie |
The CGY3 facility (along with eight other data centers across Canada) was acquired from Rogers Communications by InfraRed Capital Partners.
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Rogers Communications Inc. is a Canadian communications and media company. It operates particularly in the field of wireless communications, cable television, telephone, and Internet connectivity with significant additional telecommunications and mass media assets. The company is headquartered in Toronto. (Source: Wikipedia)
Data Centre History
- Sept 2013 Rogers acquired Pivot data centers for $155 million. Pivot operated three colocation facilities in Calgary and Edmonton, with capacity of more than 130,000 sq ft
- Sept 2013: Acquired Granite Networks for $6.25. Granite provided managed services in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec
- April 2013 Rogers acquired Blackiron data centers from Primus
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