Data centers in Canada
182 data centers are listed in Canada. The cities with the most listings are Toronto (29), Montreal (22), Calgary (11), Markham (11) and Mississauga (9); together they hold 45% of them. The operators with the most listings are Cologix (24), Equinix (16) and Vantage (9), out of 54 named operators.
By type, the listings in Canada are 46% colocation, 31% unclassified and 18% enterprise. Across all listed countries the colocation share is 39%. By published IT load, the largest single buildings are Serverfarm TOR1 – Toronto Data Center (Serverfarm, 14 MW) and Centersquare Markham YYZ2 Data Center (Centersquare, 4.3 MW).
Worldwide, Canada ranks 9th of 152 countries by number of listings, with 2% of all listed facilities. In Northern America it ranks 2nd of 2; the others with the most listings are the United States (2,612).
The three operators with the most listings hold 27% of them; 31 of the 54 named operators have a single listed facility here. Published power figures for single buildings add up to 22 MW of IT load across 3 buildings and 38 MW of utility power across 3 buildings; buildings that publish no figure are not counted. 31 facilities hold an Uptime Institute Tier certification (29 Tier III and 2 Tier IV). Tier IV: Barrie, Ontario Data Center and Guelph Data Centre. Listings not yet in operation: 1 planned and 4 under construction. Among them: Sturgeon Data Centre (Meta), Prairie Sky Strathmore Campus (Prairie Sky Data Solutions) and Beacon Heartland AI Data Center Hub (Beacon Data Centers).
About Canada
The directory lists 182 data centers in Canada, ninth among the 152 countries it covers, run by 54 operators in 52 towns and cities. Toronto has the most with 29, followed by Montreal with 22 and Calgary and Markham with 11 each. Mississauga (9) and Vancouver (8) come next. The directory's two Canadian markets are Toronto with 56 facilities and Montreal with 40.
Cologix has the most listings, 24, followed by Equinix with 16, Vantage with 9 and Centersquare with 6. Rogers Communications has 5. 83 records are colocation sites and 33 are enterprise data centers.
Only a handful of buildings publish capacity, in two measures that should not be added together. 3 publish an IT load, led by Serverfarm TOR1 in Toronto at 14 MW. 3 publish a utility supply, led by Digital Realty TOR1, also in Toronto, at 27.6 MW. Digital Realty TOR1 is the largest listed building by floor area too, at 577,000 square feet, ahead of Cologix MTL8 in Montreal at 206,000.
4 facilities are under construction, among them Meta's Sturgeon Data Centre and Prairie Sky's Strathmore Campus, and 1 is planned, Teton Digital's Northern Forge Campus. 31 facilities hold an Uptime Institute certification, 2 of them at Tier IV: the Barrie, Ontario Data Center and the Guelph Data Centre.
181 of 182 facilities have coordinates.
Cities
Toronto (29) · Montreal (22) · Calgary (11) · Markham (11) · Mississauga (9) · Vancouver (8) · Edmonton (6) · Quebec City (6) · Drummondville (5) · Barrie (4) · Brampton (3) · Guelph (3) · Kamloops (3) · Ottawa (3) · Verdun (3) · Lethbridge (2) · Pointe-Claire (2) · Rocky View County (2) · Saint John (2) · Sturgeon County (2) · Swift Current (2) · Varennes (2) · Winnipeg (2)
Markets
Facilities
Operators
| Operator | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Cologix | 24 |
| Equinix | 16 |
| Vantage | 9 |
| Centersquare | 6 |
| Rogers Communications | 5 |
| Amazon Web Services | 4 |
| Digital Realty | 4 |
| Bell Canada | 3 |
| Compass | 3 |
| Qu Data Centres | 3 |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 3 |
| Telehouse | 3 |
| eStruxture | 3 |
| CGI | 2 |
| COLO-D inc. | 2 |
| Hydro-Québec | 2 |
| Lumen | 2 |
| Microsoft | 2 |
| Oracle | 2 |
| STACK Infrastructure | 2 |
| SaskTel | 2 |
| TD Bank Group | 2 |
| TELUS Communications Company | 2 |
| 4Web | 1 |
| Ascent | 1 |
Top 25 of 54 operators.
Largest data centers in Canada by power
| Facility | Operator | MW of IT load |
|---|---|---|
| Serverfarm TOR1 – Toronto Data Center | Serverfarm | 14 |
| Centersquare Markham YYZ2 Data Center | Centersquare | 4.3 |
| Centersquare Mississauga YYZ1 Data Center | Centersquare | 3.2 |
Top 10 of 3 buildings that publish their IT load in MW. Figures of other kinds (campus totals, or power without a stated measure) are not ranked with them.
Planned and new data centers in Canada
| Facility | Operator | Status | Planned opening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Heartland AI Data Center Hub | Beacon Data Centers | Under construction | 2027 |
| Prairie Sky Strathmore Campus | Prairie Sky Data Solutions | Under construction | not recorded |
| Sturgeon Data Centre | Meta | Under construction | not recorded |
| Bitdeer Fox Creek (Approximate Location) | not recorded | Under construction | not recorded |
| Teton Digital Northern Forge Campus (Approximate Location) | Teton Digital | Planned | not recorded |
Uptime Institute certified data centers in Canada
| Facility | Operator | Certification |
|---|---|---|
| Barrie, Ontario Data Center | BMO Financial Group | Tier IV (Certification of Constructed Facility) |
| Guelph Data Centre | Province of Ontario | Tier IV (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents; Gold Certification of Operational Sustainability) |
| 2PCC Data Centre, Phase 1A | Loblaw Companies Limited | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents; Gold Certification of Operational Sustainability) |
| Calgary1 Data Centre, Phase One | eStruxture | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| CDC3 Phase 1 & 2 | Rogers Communications | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Centre de Donnees HQ Drummond | Solutions Globales C.D.D. Inc. | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Centre Varennes | Hydro-Québec | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Cogeco Barrie Data Centre | Cogeco Data Services Inc. | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| COLO-D1 | COLO-D inc. | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| COLO-D1 / SLR | COLO-D inc. | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| DC1 Waverley | MTS Data Centres Inc. | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Dickson Data Center | CGI | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| EDC2, Phase 2A, Day 1, Part 1 | Rogers Communications | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Enterprise Data Centre Borden | Government of Canada | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents; Gold Certification of Operational Sustainability) |
| Green Datacenter | Pathway Communications & NetPulse Services | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| K2 - Boucherville | Kolotek | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Kamloops, BC, Super Internet Data Center | TELUS Communications Company | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Mississauga Data Centre | CGI | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Montreal, DM-1A | Vantage | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| ODC3 | Rogers Communications | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Ottawa Region Data Centre | Bell Canada | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Quebec, DM-1 and DM-3A | Vantage | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Rimouski Data Center Phase 1 | TELUS Communications Company | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Saint John Data Centre | Bell Aliant | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Saskatoon Data Centre, Phase 1 | SaskTel | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Toronto Data Centre 3 | Rogers Communications | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Truro DC1, Phase 1 | OnX Enterprise Solutions Ltd. | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| VSL - Phase3 - DCR10 | Bell - NHS | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Waterloo Data Centre | Sun Life Financial | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| White City Data Centre, Phase 1 | SaskTel | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| YYZ2-A Phase I (Formerly TR3) | Centersquare | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents; M&O Stamp of Approval; Silver Certification of Operational Sustainability) |
| Barrie Data Centre | TD Bank Group | M&O Stamp of Approval |
| Centersquare data center | Centersquare | M&O Stamp of Approval |
| Guelph Computer Centre | Royal Bank of Canada | M&O Stamp of Approval |
| Scarborough Operations Data Centre | TD Bank Group | M&O Stamp of Approval |
| Stratford Computer Centre | Royal Bank of Canada | M&O Stamp of Approval |
| YVR-1 | Centersquare | M&O Stamp of Approval |
| YYZ1-A (Formerly TR1) | Centersquare | M&O Stamp of Approval |
Largest facilities by floor area
| Facility | Operator | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| Digital Realty TOR1 | Digital Realty | 577,000 |
| Cologix MTL8 Data Center | Cologix | 206,000 |
| Telehouse Toronto 151 Front Street West | Telehouse | 205,000 |
| Cologix MTL10 Data Center | Cologix | 180,000 |
| Cologix MTL9 Data Center | Cologix | 120,000 |
| Equinix Toronto TR2 | Equinix | 108,976 |
| Digital Realty YYZ10 | Digital Realty | 104,500 |
| Equinix Toronto TR7 | Equinix | 85,767 |
| Telehouse Toronto 250 Front Street West | Telehouse | 82,000 |
| Serverfarm TOR1 – Toronto Data Center | Serverfarm | 78,300 |
| Equinix Calgary CL3 | Equinix | 76,822 |
| Telehouse Toronto 905 King Street West | Telehouse | 69,000 |
| Cologix VAN4 Data Center | Cologix | 68,000 |
| Equinix Montreal MT1 | Equinix | 62,926 |
| Cologix TOR4 Data Center | Cologix | 50,000 |
Other countries in Northern America
- United States2,612