SaskTel: Saskatoon Central Data Center

Site History

April 2013: SaskTel tendered construction of a Tier II colocation data centre at 140 1st Avenue North.

2013–2014: SaskTel added a dual 14.4 kV utility feed, redundant transformers, new switchgear and a standby diesel generator.

February 2014: SaskTel launched the Tier II data centre in Saskatoon.

Project Profile

Operator: SaskTel

Building: SaskTel's Saskatoon main exchange, a traditional telco building hardened for data centre use

Data hall: 4,900 sq ft; slab floor; 10 ft clear height

Loading: 4 ft x 7 ft dock lift

Utility feed: dual 14.4 kV with redundant 4.4 MVA transformers and 5,000 A switchgear

Generators: 3 MW diesel standby, N+1, with 3 days of on-site fuel

UPS: N+1

Cooling: CRAC units, N+1

Meet-me room; two fibre entrances; security kiosk at the main entrance

Certifications: SOC 2 Type 2

SLA: 99.99% uptime

Distance	Site	About
1.89 miles	MSP Corp: Saskatoon	Carrier-neutral colocation run by MSP Corp's Prairies region (formerly VDC Virtual Data Corp) at 121 Research Drive in Saskatoon's Innovation Saskatchewan R+T Park. The building also hosts the YXEIX internet exchange switches.
4.43 miles	SaskTel: Saskatoon North	SaskTel's purpose-built Tier III data centre in Saskatoon's Marquis Industrial area. It opened in January 2017 and is SaskTel's flagship colocation, managed hosting and disaster recovery facility for northern Saskatchewan.

Distance

Site

About

1.89 miles

MSP Corp: Saskatoon

Carrier-neutral colocation run by MSP Corp's Prairies region (formerly VDC Virtual Data Corp) at 121 Research Drive in Saskatoon's Innovation Saskatchewan R+T Park. The building also hosts the YXEIX internet exchange switches.

4.43 miles

SaskTel: Saskatoon North

SaskTel's purpose-built Tier III data centre in Saskatoon's Marquis Industrial area. It opened in January 2017 and is SaskTel's flagship colocation, managed hosting and disaster recovery facility for northern Saskatchewan.