November 13, 2025 Canada
Canadian satellite firm Telesat has announced an expanded relationship with longtime collaborator Farcast, tasking the firm with building its enterprise-class flat panel antenna user terminals and making it ready for volume production.“Our collaboration with Telesat has been a cornerstone of our...
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October 20, 2025 Canada
The Government of British Columbia in Canada will limit the state’s data center energy usage and ban new cryptomining projects. The government stated that it would introduce legislation and regulations to “address unprecedented demand for electricity and ensure that BC and Canadian economic...
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August 14, 2025 Canada
Canadian telecoms firm Rogers this week announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Rogers Communications’ data center business, on behalf of InfraRed’s value-add strategy. Rogers said it will continue to sell data center services on behalf of InfraRed and will provide network...
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August 01, 2025 Canada
eStruxture Data Centers this week announced CA$1.35bn (US$967.9m) in financing to fund the development of AI-ready data centers across Canada. The financing includes the first rated, Canadian asset-only data center securitization, raising a total of C$750m (US$542.8m) from its inaugural issuance....
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June 27, 2025 Canada
Jet.AI Inc., a company pivoting from aviation software and services into data centers, this week announced that it and Consensus Core Technologies, a Canadian provider of GPU infrastructure and AI cloud services, have executed a definitive agreement to jointly develop a phased hyperscale data...
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June 25, 2025 Toronto
Crypto firm Hive Digital this week announced the signing of a purchase and sale agreement to acquire a facility with 7.2MW of installed capacity. Hive said the acquisition will support the development of a “sovereign Canadian AI ecosystem” through its wholly owned subsidiary, Buzz High...
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June 18, 2025 Canada
BW Group subsidiaries, BW Digital and BW ESS, have launched a new company focused on the development of ‘sustainable’ data centers in the Nordics and Canada. BW Velora will leverage the digital infrastructure expertise of BW Digital with BW ESS’ extensive experience developing energy...
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May 31, 2025 Canada
Canadian Indian reserve Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory has installed a data center at its administration building which looks to be a containerized facility. The data center is part of the territory's goal of working towards data sovereignty, and will also be used to "digitally preserve and share...
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May 29, 2025 British Columbia
Canadian telecoms operator Bell Canada has launched 'Bell AI Fabric,' a plan to help build AI data centers across the country, starting with six data centers in British Columbia, supported by 500MW of hydroelectric power. The very first facility is set to come online this June, operated by AI...
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January 23, 2025 Canada
The Canadian government has announced more than CA$74 million (US$52 million) in funding for quantum technology projects which will be used to support 107 initiatives spanning quantum computing, communications, encryption, materials, and sensing.The government said the funding package aligns with...
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January 05, 2025 Canada
Canadian IT services provider Softchoice is set to be acquired by digital infrastructure provider World Wide Technology (WWT). The all-cash deal will see St. Louis-based WWT pay CA$24.50 per share to acquire Softchoice. The deal has been approved by the Softchoice board, and will now require the...
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December 06, 2024 Canada
Legrand has acquired Power Bus Way, a specialist in Cable Bus power busbars, primarily for data centers. The company employs more than 120 people and generates an annual revenue of around €70 million ($73.5m), mainly in the United States and Canada.Benoît Coquart, CEO of Legrand, said: "Today we...
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November 06, 2024 Canada
Bell Canada has agreed to acquire US fiber company Ziply Fiber as part of Bell's plans to expand its fiber footprint across North America and over the border into the US. Bell noted that the value of the deal is worth approximately C$5 billion ($3.6bn) in cash, plus the assumption of debt,...
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October 16, 2024 Canada
The Canadian Ministry of Energy has announced up to CAD$500 million ($362.1m) in funding for its Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways program (SREPs) Utility Support Stream. The program received nearly CAD$2.9 billion ($2.1bn) in the Canadian government's 2023 budget to support clean...
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September 18, 2024 Canada
Canadian satellite firm Telesat has announced the completion of funding agreements with the Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec for the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband constellation. The satellite firm now has all financing sources in place to fund the Lightspeed network, including...
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August 31, 2024 Canada
Fiber firm euNetworks has closed on a €2.1 billion equity recapitalization led by a Stonepeak-managed vehicle anchored by Mercer and Aware Super. This funding received direct investments from the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO) and APG Asset Management. In a statement,...
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August 27, 2024 Canada
Cryptomining firm Bitfarms has entered into a definitive partnership with Stronghold Digital Mining under which Bitfarms will acquire Stronghold in a stock-for-stock merger transaction. The deal is valued at approximately $125 million equity value plus the assumption of debt valued at...
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August 25, 2024 Canada
Avaio has signed a renewable energy deal with Quebec-based renewable energy firm, Sunbird Energy for its upcoming data center project outside Ottawa, Canada. The partnership integrates Sunbird’s renewable energy capabilities with ADP’s data center project in development in Gatineau, Quebec. “As a...
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August 15, 2024 Canada
Rowan owner Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners this week announced that Rowan Digital Infrastructure has secured a co-investment from University Pension Plan Ontario (UPP). The companies said UPP’s investment in Rowan will allow Quinbrook to “further advance its efforts” to provide solutions to...
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August 11, 2024 Canada
Artificial intelligence (AI) cloud provider Consensus Core has selected Cologix's Montreal data center for its Canadian deployment where it will offer its Nvidia-powered GPU-as-a-Service to the Canadian market. Wayne Lloyd, co-founder and CEO of Consensus Core, said of the partnership with...
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